Fetal weight estimation: Comparison of two-dimensional US and MR imaging assessments

Radiology

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 902-910

  Kacem, Yasmine ^a   Cannie, Mieke M ^a,b   Kadji, Caroline ^a   Dobrescu, Oana ^a   Lo Zito, Leila ^a   Ziane, Samir ^a   Strizek, Brigitte ^a   Evrard, Ann Sophie ^a   Gubana, Francesca ^a   Gucciardo, Léonardo ^a   Staelens, Romuald ^a   Jani, Jacques C ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84878278569     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12121374     Document Type: Article

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