Techniques, terminology, and indications for MRI in pregnancy

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 334-339

  Bahado Singh, Ray O ^a   Goncalves, Luis F ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Fetal MRI; Fetal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ATRESIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHICKENPOX; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE MALFORMATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NECK TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OBSTRUCTION; PALATE MALFORMATION; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING;

CONGENITAL ANOMALIES; FETAL MRI; FETAL ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84886399837     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2013.06.010     Document Type: Review

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