Post mortem magnetic resonance imaging in the fetus, infant and child: A comparative study with conventional autopsy (MaRIAS Protocol)

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Thayyil, Sudhin ^a   Sebire, Neil J ^b   Chitty, Lyn S ^b   Wade, Angie ^b   Olsen, Oystein ^c   Gunny, Roxana S ^c   Offiah, Amaka ^d   Saunders, Dawn E ^c   Owens, Catherine M ^c   Chong, WK 'Kling' ^c   Robertson, Nicola J ^a   Taylor, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Diagnostic study; Minimally invasive autopsy; Post mortem magnetic resonance imaging; Stillbirth; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE DYSPLASIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DUODENUM ATRESIA; FETUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MICROCEPHALY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOLOGIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84055213718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-120     Document Type: Article

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