Magnetic resonance methods in fetal neurology

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 278-284

  Mailath Pokorny, M ^a   Kasprian, G ^b   Mitter, C ^b   Schopf V ^b   Nemec, U ^b   Prayer, D ^b  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fetus; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurology; Spectroscopy; Tractography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FETUS MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FETUS MOVEMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TERM BIRTH;

BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84866036781     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2012.06.002     Document Type: Review

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