Fetal brain MRI texture analysis identifies different microstructural patterns in adequate and small for gestational age fetuses at term

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-129

  Sanz Cortes M ^a   Figueras, F ^a   Bonet Carne, E ^b   Padilla, N ^a   Tenorio, V ^a   Bargallo N ^c   Amat Roldan, I ^b   Gratacós, Eduard ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^b Transmural Biotech SL ^*  (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fetal MRI; Intrauterine growth restriction; Small for gestational age; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TERM BIRTH; TEXTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875225686     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346566     Document Type: Article

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