T2 quantifications of fetal lungs at MRI-normal ranges

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 705-711

  Cannie, M ^a,b   Jani, J ^a,b   De Keyzer, F ^a   Roebben, I ^a   Breysem, L ^a   Deprest, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diaphragmatic hernia; Fetal lung; Lung intensity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prenatal diagnosis; Pulmonary hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LUNG; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG EXAMINATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79959344357     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2746     Document Type: Article

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