Fetal magnetic resonance imaging

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 605-612

  Sandrasegaran, Kumaresan ^a,b   Lall, Chandana G ^a   Aisen, Alex A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Fetus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS WEIGHT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ABDOMEN; ABNORMALITIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; THORAX;

EID: 33751011046     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000247394.94592.a5     Document Type: Review

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