Development of fetal brain of 20 weeks gestational age: Assessment with post-mortem Magnetic Resonance Imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Zhonghe ^a   Liu, Shuwei ^a   Lin, Xiangtao ^b   Teng, Gaojun ^c   Yu, Taifei ^b   Fang, Fang ^c   Zang, Fengchao ^c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG MEDICAL IMAGING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Development; Fetal brain; Post mortem MRI; Three dimensional visualization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND;

EID: 79955699292     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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