Ultrasound versus MRI in the diagnosis of fetal head and trunk anomalies

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-123

  Rajeswaran, Rangasami ^a   Chandrasekharan, Anupama ^a   Joseph, Santhosh ^a   Venkata Sai, P M ^a   Dev, Bhawna ^a   Reddy, Sanjeeva ^a  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fetal anomalies; Fetus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; ULTRASOUND;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 67249140618     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802488238     Document Type: Article

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