Investigation of the role of computed tomography as an adjunct to autopsy in the evaluation of stillbirth

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1667-1675

  O'Donoghue, Keelin ^a   O'Regan, Kevin N ^b   Sheridan, Carmel P ^a   O'Connor, Owen J ^b   Benson, Jodie ^a   McWilliams, Sebastian ^b   Moore, Niamh ^b   Murphy, Mary J ^b   Chopra, Raj ^b   Higgins, John R ^a   Maher, Michael M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Computed tomography; Fetus; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEROSTOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MESENTERIC CALCIFICATION; MESENTERY DISEASE; MICROGNATHIA; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NARROWED CHEST; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SHOULDER DISEASE; STILLBIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THORAX CIRCUMFERENCE; THORAX MALFORMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WINGED SCAPULAE;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STILLBIRTH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861595654     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.03.093     Document Type: Article

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