Prenatal ultrasound and fetal MRI: The comparative value of each modality in prenatal diagnosis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-226

  Pugash, Denise ^a   Brugger, Peter C ^b   Bettelheim, Dieter ^b   Prayer, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fetus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESONANCE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AMNIOTIC FLUIDS; BODY MASS INDICES; CARDIOVASCULAR; DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATIONS; EVALUATING; FETAL MRI; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGES; IMAGING METHODS; IMAGING MODALITIES; METABOLIC DISEASES; PRENATAL DIAGNOSES; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL ULTRASOUNDS; RELATIVE VALUES;

DIAGNOSIS;

BRAIN MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FACE MALFORMATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NECK MALFORMATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX MALFORMATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRASOUND;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 54149110524     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.06.031     Document Type: Review

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