MR volumetry of brain and CSF in fetuses referred for ventriculomegaly

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 145-151

  Kazan Tannus, João Fernando ^a   Dialani, Vandana ^a   Kataoka, Milliam L ^a   Chiang, Gloria ^b   Feldman, Henry A ^c   Brown, Jeffrey S ^d   Levine, Deborah ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; Fetuses; MRI; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250895003     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2073     Document Type: Article

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