Magnetic resonance imaging of the fetal brain

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-186

  Rutherford, Mary A ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Fetus; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ULTRASOUND;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 67649613345     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32832947ab     Document Type: Review

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