Ultrasound vs MRI in diagnosis of fetal and maternal complications

Donald School Journal of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-242

  Ljubic, Aleksandar ^a,b   Cetkovic, Aleksandar ^b   Mikic, Aleksandra Novakov ^c   Stamenkovic, Jelena Dukanac ^b   Jovanovic, Ida ^d   Opincal, Tatjana Stosic ^b   Damnjanovic, Dusan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^c Clinical Center of Vojvodina   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Fetal imaging; MRI; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; AGYRIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM ABNORMALITY; CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG SEQUESTRATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROCEPHALY; MICROGYRIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PACHYGYRIA; PARENT COUNSELING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERINATAL CARE; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SCHIZENCEPHALY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SUBCORTICAL HETEROTOPIA; TERATOMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERUS TUMOR;

EID: 80055057881     PISSN: 0973614X     EISSN: 09751912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10009-1200     Document Type: Review

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