Ultrafast MR imaging of the fetus

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1599-1606

  Kubik Huch, Rahel A ^a   Huisman, Thierry A G M ^a   Wisser, Josef ^b   Gottstein Aalame, Nadine ^a   Debatin, Jörg F ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^c   Ladd, Mark E ^a   Stallmach, Thomas ^a   Marincek, Borut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 0034077536     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.174.6.1741599     Document Type: Article

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