Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , January 2010

Blood flow volume of uterine arteries in human pregnancies determined using 3D and bi-dimensional imaging, angio-Doppler, and fluid-dynamic modeling

  • S. Rigano

      Affiliations

    • Buzzi Children's Hospital - Clinical Sciences Department Sacco, University Department of Clinical Sciences, Dept Obstet Gynecol, University of Milan, Via Catelvetro 32, 20157 Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • E. Ferrazzi

      Affiliations

    • Buzzi Children's Hospital - Clinical Sciences Department Sacco, University Department of Clinical Sciences, Dept Obstet Gynecol, University of Milan, Via Catelvetro 32, 20157 Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 239042818; fax: +39 23565061.
    • ,
  • S. Boito

      Affiliations

    • Mangiagalli Institute, University of Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • G. Pennati

      Affiliations

    • LaBS, Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • A. Padoan

      Affiliations

    • Buzzi Children's Hospital - Clinical Sciences Department Sacco, University Department of Clinical Sciences, Dept Obstet Gynecol, University of Milan, Via Catelvetro 32, 20157 Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • H. Galan

      Affiliations

    • University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA

,Accepted 22 October 2009.

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PII: S0143-4004(09)00333-6

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.10.010

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , January 2010

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