MR volume of the fetal cerebellum in relation to growth

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 840-845

  Hatab, Mustapha R ^a   Kamourieh, Salwa W ^b   Twickler, Diane M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometry; Brain growth and development; Cerebellum; Fetal MRI; Volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; FETUS; FRONTAL BONE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CEREBELLUM; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 41949091168     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21290     Document Type: Article

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