Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 1057-1063 , July 2007

Application of the Magnitude-Squared Coherence Function Between Uterine and Umbilical Flow Velocity Waveforms for Predicting Placental Dysfunction: A Preliminary Study

  • Pieter C. Struijk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Erasmus MC, Division Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Peter C. Struijk, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Erasmus MC, Room Ee 2269, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • Kumari L. Fernando

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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  • V. John Mathews

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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  • Eric A.P. Steegers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Erasmus MC, Division Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Juriy W. Wladimiroff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Erasmus MC, Division Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Edward B. Clark

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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  • Michael W. Varner

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA and Mc-Kay-Dee Hospital Center, Ogden, Utah, USA

Received 27 October 2006 ,Accepted 25 January 2007.

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PII: S0301-5629(07)00066-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.01.012

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
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