Fetal magnetic resonance imaging of the brain: Technical considerations and normal brain development

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1941-1951

  Huisman, Thierry A G M ^a,c   Martin, Ernst ^b   Kubik Huch, Rahel ^a   Marincek, Borut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Fetal MRI; Migration; Myelination; Sulcation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STANDARD;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SAFETY;

EID: 0036690279     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1209-x     Document Type: Review

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