Influence of power Doppler gain setting on Virtual Organ Computer-aided AnaLysis indices in vivo: Can use of the individual sub-noise gain level optimize information?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-80

  Collins, S L ^a,b   Stevenson, G N ^c   Noble, J A ^c   Impey, L ^b   Welsh, A W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; gain setting; placenta; power Doppler; SNG; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84863087861     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10122     Document Type: Article

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