A diffusion-weighted template for gestational age-related apparent diffusion coefficient values in the developing fetal brain

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 318-324

  Cannie, M ^a   De Keyzer, F ^a   Meersschaert, J ^a   Jani, J ^a   Lewi, L ^a   Deprest, J ^a   Dymarkowski, S ^a   Demaerel, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted image; Fetal brain; Normal ranges

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FETUS; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34748878331     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4078     Document Type: Article

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