Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Fetal Central Nervous System, Head, Neck, and Chest

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-101

  O'Connor, Stephen C ^a   Rooks, Veronica J ^b,c   Smith, Alice Boyd ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS RISK; HEAD AND NECK MALFORMATION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA ANOMALY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROCOCCYX TERATOMA; SEPTOOPTIC DYSPLASIA; SPINE MALFORMATION; THORAX MALFORMATION; VENTRICULOMEGALY;

BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECK; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; THORACIC DISEASES;

EID: 84862960885     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: 15585034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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