Use of a confidence scale in reporting postmortem fetal magnetic resonance imaging

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 918-924

  Breeze, A C G ^a   Cross, J J ^a   Hackett, G A ^a   Jessop, F A ^a   Joubert, I ^a   Lomas, D J ^a,b   Set, P A K ^a   Whitehead, A L ^a   Lees, C C ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Congenital anomaly; Feasibility studies; Fetal death; Fetus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ABNORMALITIES; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 33845910901     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3886     Document Type: Article

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