Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the normal fetal lung

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 700-706

  Balassy, Csilla ^a   Kasprian, Gregor ^a   Brugger, Peter C ^a   Csapo, Bence ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Hörmann, Marcus ^a   Bankier, Alexander ^a   Bammer, Roland ^b   Herold, Christian J ^a   Prayer, Daniela ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion weighted MR imaging; Fetal lung; Lung development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LUNG; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 41349114649     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0784-x     Document Type: Article

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