Prospective navigator-echo-based real-time triggering of fetal head movement for the reduction of artifacts

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 822-829

  Bonel, H ^a   Frei, K A ^a   Raio, L ^a   Meyer Wittkopf, M ^a   Remonda, L ^b   Wiest, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Fetal; Magnetic resonance imaging; Motion; Navigator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; GRAY MATTER; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 41349090418     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0812-x     Document Type: Article

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