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. 2021 Sep-Oct;54(5):348-349.
doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2020.0137.

MV-Flow and LumiFlow: new Doppler tools for evaluating the microvasculature of the fetal head

Alessandro Giuffrida  1 , Alberto Borges Peixoto  2   3 , Edward Araujo Júnior  4   5
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MV-Flow and LumiFlow: new Doppler tools for evaluating the microvasculature of the fetal head

Alessandro Giuffrida et al. Radiol Bras. 2021 Sep-Oct.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Coronal view of the fetal face, obtained with MV-Flow and LumiFlow at 28 weeks of gestation, showing the orbital arteries. art., artery.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Coronal view of the fetal face at the level of the alveolar portion of the palate, obtained with MV-Flow and LumiFlow at 28 weeks of gestation, showing the facial, labial, nasal, and mandibular arteries.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Coronal view of the fetal central nervous system at the level of the corpus callosum, obtained with MV-Flow and LumiFlow at 22 weeks of gestation, showing the cerebral microcirculation. art., artery.
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