Blood oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging: Current and potential uses in obstetrics and gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 240-246

  Vincent, K ^a,b   Moore, J ^a   Kennedy, S ^a   Tracey, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BOLD fMRI; Functional imaging

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HORMONE;

BLOOD OXYGENATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; FETUS HYPOXIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; NEUROIMAGING; OBSTETRICS; PELVIS; PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 57449093143     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01993.x     Document Type: Review

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