Imaging of the human embryo with magnetic resonance imaging microscopy and high-resolution transvaginal 3-dimensional sonography: Human embryology in the 21st century

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77.e1-77.e16

  Pooh, Ritsuko K ^a   Shiota, Kohei ^b   Kurjak, Asim ^c  

^a Clinical Research Institute of Fetal Medicine PMC   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Croatia)

Author keywords

anatomy; human embryo; magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance microscopy; noninvasive imaging; prenatal diagnosis; sonoembryology; sonographic imaging; transvaginal sonography; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EMBRYO; FACE MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIMB MALFORMATION; NEURAL TUBE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650699252     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.07.028     Document Type: Article

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