Three-Dimensional MRI Volumetric Measurements of the Normal Fetal Colon

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 761-765

  Rubesova, Erika ^a   Vance, Chardonnay J ^b   Ringertz, Hans G ^a   Barth, Richard A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Schulze Diabetes Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal colon; Fetal mri; Luminal volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

COLON; FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63049134456     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1504     Document Type: Article

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