New insights into uteroplacental perfusion: Quantitative analysis using Doppler and contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging

Placenta

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 424-431

  Arthuis, C J ^a,b   Novell, A ^a   Escoffre, J M ^a   Patat, F ^a,b   Bouakaz, A ^a   Perrotin, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Doppler ultrasound; Placenta; Rat; Uteroplacental perfusion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MICROMARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA PERFUSION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MICROBUBBLES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84876290930     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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