UPI

There are multiple definitions:

  1. unpredictability index(English)

  2. uteroplacental insufficiency(English)

    • caused by disorders such as preeclampsia, maternal smoking, and abnormalities of uteroplacental development. Leads to a permanent decrease in the expression of Pdx-1 in the beta cell that is associated with silencing histone modifications at the proximal promoter of Pdx-1 in the fetal and early postnatal period followed by an increase in DNA methylation in the same region by 6–10 months of age
    • IUGR
    • Ovary and uterus, Epigenetics, Pregnancy
    • https://doi.org…01383-0.00014-1
  3. Uncertainty Perception Indicator(English)

  4. ultrasound perfusion imaging(English)

    • uses contrast-enhanced ultrasound with microbubbles to non-invasively assess blood flow in the brain's microcirculation, detecting issues like hypoperfusion in stroke or after aneurysms, offering real-time, bedside monitoring, and complementing CT/MRI with speed and safety (no radiation) but requiring good "windows" through the skull
    • CEUS, MRI
    • Ultrasound, Microcirculation, Brain (dys)function
    • https://doi.org…69.2010.00485.x