Postmortem fetal organ volumetry using magnetic resonance imaging and comparison to organ weights at conventional autopsy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-193

  Breeze, A C G ^a   Gallagher, F A ^a,b   Lomas, D J ^a,b   Smith, G C S ^b   Lees, C C ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Birth weight; Cause of death; Fetal death; Fetal growth restriction; Fetal organ maturity; Lung volume measurement; Magnetic resonance imaging; Measurement studies; Organ size; Postmortem imaging; Pulmonary hypoplasia; Specific gravity

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; LUNG VOLUME; LUNG WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERINATAL DEATH; POSTMORTEM FETAL ORGAN VOLUMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE DENSITY; STEREOLOGY; VOLUMETRY;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 54549083298     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5199     Document Type: Article

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