Magnetic resonance imaging of neonatal encephalopathy at 4.7 Tesla: Initial experiences

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  De Vita, Enrico ^a,b   Bainbridge, Alan ^a   Cheong, Jeanie L Y ^b   Hagmann, Cornelia ^b   Lombard, Rosarie ^a   Chong, Wui K ^c   Wyatt, John S ^b   Cady, Ernest B ^a,b   Ordidge, Roger J ^a   Robertson, Nicola J ^b  

^a Napolitano and Prof David)   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Developmental outcomes; High field MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neonatal encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOFREQUENCY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN;

BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33947153812     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1499     Document Type: Article

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