Magnetic resonance imaging of the fetal brain and spine: An increasingly important tool in prenatal diagnosis, part 1

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1604-1611

  Glenn, Orit A ^a   Barkovich, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINE; SPINE MALFORMATION; TECHNOLOGY;

BRAIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINE;

EID: 33748804481     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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