The usefulness of fetal MRI for prenatal diagnosis

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 671-677

  Sohn, Yong Seok ^a   Kim, Myung Joon ^a   Kwon, Ja Young ^a   Kim, Young Han ^a   Park, Yong Won ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Congenital anomaly; Fetal MRI; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; SCREENING TEST; THORAX MALFORMATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34848872559     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.4.671     Document Type: Article

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