Fetal organ weight estimation by postmortem high-field magnetic resonance imaging before 20 weeks' gestation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 673-678

  Votino, C ^a,b   Verhoye, M ^c   Segers, V ^a   Cannie, M ^a,b   Bessieres, B ^a   Cos, T ^a   Lipombi, D ^a   Jani, J ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

conventional autopsy; fetal organ; high field MRI; magnetic resonance imaging; virtual autopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LIVER; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861598813     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11151     Document Type: Article

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