Ultrasound imaging

PNT Wells - Physics in medicine & biology, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrasound imaging is now in very widespread clinical use. The most important
underpinning technologies include transducers, beam forming, pulse compression, tissue …

Changes in regional fetal cerebral blood flow perfusion in relation to hemodynamic deterioration in severely growth‐restricted fetuses

E Hernandez‐Andrade… - … in Obstetrics and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To study regional cerebral blood perfusion with power Doppler ultrasound (PDU)
imaging in appropriate‐for‐gestational age (AGA) fetuses and those with intrauterine growth …

Cerebral blood perfusion and neurobehavioral performance in full-term small-for-gestational-age fetuses

R Cruz-Martinez, F Figueras, D Oros, N Padilla… - American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in cerebral blood perfusion
and middle cerebral artery (MCA) Doppler in full-term small-for-gestational-age fetuses …

Prognostic value of pulmonary Doppler to predict response to tracheal occlusion in fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

R Cruz-Martinez, E Hernandez-Andrade… - Fetal diagnosis and …, 2011 - karger.com
Pulmonary Doppler may play an important role in the prediction of survival and postnatal
morbidity in fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia treated with fetoscopic tracheal …

Longitudinal brain perfusion changes in near-term small-for-gestational-age fetuses as measured by spectral Doppler indices or by fractional moving blood volume

R Cruz-Martinez, F Figueras… - American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare the temporal sequence of fetal brain
hemodynamic changes in near-term small-for-gestational-age fetuses as measured by …

Management of premature rupture of membranes before 25 weeks

C Muris, B Girard, C Creveuil, L Durin… - European Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The aim of our study was to define the benefits and risks related to expectant
management in the midtrimester rupture of membranes and to assess the prognostic factors …

Evaluation of volume vascularization index and flow index: a phantom study

M Schulten‐Wijman, PC Struijk… - … in Obstetrics and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objectives Three‐dimensional (3D) power Doppler ultrasonography provides
indices to quantify moving blood within a volume of interest (eg ovary, endometrium, tumor …

Validation of fractional moving blood volume measurement with power Doppler ultrasound in an experimental sheep model

E Hernandez‐Andrade, T Jansson… - … in Obstetrics and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To compare fractional moving blood volume (FMBV) estimation using power
Doppler ultrasound (PDU) with blood flow estimation using radioactive microspheres (RMS) …

Lung tissue perfusion in congenital diaphragmatic hernia and association with the lung‐to‐head ratio and intrapulmonary artery pulsed Doppler

O Moreno‐Alvarez, R Cruz‐Martinez… - … in Obstetrics and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate lung tissue perfusion in fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia
(CDH) and to explore the association of lung tissue perfusion with the lung area to head …

Evaluation of fetal regional cerebral blood perfusion using power Doppler ultrasound and the estimation of fractional moving blood volume

E Hernandez‐Andrade, T Jansson… - … in Obstetrics and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To standardize the evaluation of regional fetal brain blood perfusion, using power
Doppler ultrasound (PDU) to estimate the fractional moving blood volume (FMBV) and to …