Three-dimensional imaging of the postmortem fetus by MRI: Early experience

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 166-171

  Brookes, Jocelyn A S ^a,b   Jing Deng, ^a   Wilkinson, Iain D ^a   Lees, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal diagnosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical teaching; Postmortem Examination; Preoperative simulation; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FETAL DEATH; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0344223428     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020912     Document Type: Article

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