Role of fetal MRI in the diagnosis of cerebral ventriculomegaly assessed by ultrasonography;Ruolo della risonanza magnetica fetale nella valutazione delle ventricolomegalie encefaliche ecograficamente diagnosticate

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1013-1023

  Manganaro, L ^a   Savelli, S ^a   Francioso, A ^a   Di Maurizio, M ^a   Coratella, F ^a   Vilella, G ^a   Noia, G ^b   Giancotti, A ^a   Tomei, A ^a   Fierro, F ^a   Ballesio, L ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal MRI; Isolated or associated cerebral ventriculomegaly; Penatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGNOSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWIN PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70450206895     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-009-0434-2     Document Type: Article

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