MRI of normal and pathological fetal lung development

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-270

  Kasprian, Gregor ^a,b   Balassy, Csilla ^a   Brugger, Peter C ^a   Prayer, Daniela ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fetal magnetic resonance imaging; Fetal organ maturity; Lung volume measurements; Lung development embryology abnormalities; Pulmonary hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAPHRAGMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEONATAL MONITORING; ULTRASONICS;

FETAL MRI; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; LUNG/DEVELOPMENT/EMBRYOLOGY/ABNORMALITIES; PULMONARY HYPERPLASIA;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FETUS MATURITY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; LUNG MALFORMATION; LUNG VOLUME; NEWBORN DEATH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 31844442927     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2005.11.031     Document Type: Article

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