Skeletal development on fetal magnetic resonance imaging

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 101-106

  Nemec, Stefan Franz ^a   Nemec, Ursula ^a   Brugger, Peter C ^a   Wadhawan, Isha ^b   Prayer, Daniela ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital skeletal disorders; Fetal skeleton; Fetal ultrasound; Normal skeletal development; Prenatal magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE DYSPLASIA; BONE MARROW; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FETUS; HUMAN; LONG BONE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84866139483     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: 15361004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0b013e3182676153     Document Type: Article

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