Fetal magnetic resonance imaging: Methods and techniques;Fetale magnetresonanztomographie: Methoden und technik

Radiologe

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-111

  Brugger, P C ^a   Stuhr, F ^b   Lindner, C ^b   Prayer, D ^b  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fetus; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Prenatal MRI; Sequences; Technique

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; IMAGE QUALITY; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33644518231     PISSN: 0033832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00117-005-1320-0     Document Type: Article

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