Semiquantitative assessment of myelination using magnetic resonance imaging in normal fetal brains

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 352-357

  Abe, Seiji ^a   Takagi, Kenjiro ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a   Okuhata, Yoshitaka ^a   Kato, Toshinori ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hamano Life Science Research Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral maturation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelination; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CALCULATION; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; PONS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; VITREOUS BODY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELIN SHEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 2642540309     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.873     Document Type: Article

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