Development of the subcortical brain structures in the second trimester: Assessment with 7.0-T MRI

Neuroradiology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1153-1159

  Meng, Haiwei ^a   Zhang, Zhonghe ^b   Geng, Hequn ^a   Lin, Xiangtao ^a   Feng, Lei ^a   Teng, Gaojun ^c   Fang, Fang ^c   Zang, Fengchao ^c   Liu, Shuwei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fetal brain development; Magnetic resonance imaging; Subcortical brain structures; Three dimensional visualization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GERMINAL MATRIX; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LENTIFORM NUCLEUS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THALAMUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867866544     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-012-1069-x     Document Type: Article

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