Diffusion-weighted imaging in normal fetal brain maturation

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2422-2429

  Schneider, Jacques F ^a   Confort Gouny, S ^b   Le Fur, Y ^b   Viout, P ^b   Bennathan, M ^c   Chapon, F ^c   Fogliarini, C ^c   Cozzone, P ^b   Girard, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Aix Marseille   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion; Fetus; Maturation; MRI; Normal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548087343     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0634-x     Document Type: Article

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