Magnetic resonance imaging of the fetal brain

Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-142

  Resta, M ^a,b   Burdi, N ^a  

^a 'SS Annunziata' Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal brain MRI; Fetal malformations; Fetal MRI; Ultrafast MRI in pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AGYRIA; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETAL TUMOR; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACROGYRIA; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORENCEPHALY; REVIEW;

EID: 0042973032     PISSN: 14722240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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