Fetal Neurological Assessment Using Noninvasive Magnetoencephalography

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 701-709

  Lowery, Curtis L ^a   Govindan, Rathinaswamy B ^a   Preissl, Hubert ^a   Murphy, Pam ^a   Eswaran, Hari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain activity; Evoked responses; Fetus; Magnetoencephalography; Maturation; Neonates

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; DEVICE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FETUS; FETUS CONTROL; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK;

EID: 69349087367     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2009.07.003     Document Type: Review

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