MRI in the neonatal ICU: Initial experience using a small-footprint 1.5-T system

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tkach, Jean A ^a   Merhar, Stephanie L ^a   Kline Fath, Beth M ^a   Pratt, Ronald G ^a   Loew, Wolfgang M ^a   Daniels, Barret R ^a   Giaquinto, Randy O ^a   Rattan, Mantosh S ^a   Jones, Blaise V ^a   Taylor, Michael D ^a   Tiefermann, Janice M ^a   Tully, Lisa M ^a   Murphy, E Colleen ^a   Wolf Severs, Rachel N ^a   LaRuffa, Angela A ^a   Dumoulin, Charles L ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; Neonatal ICU; Neonatal MRI; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TEMPERATURE; THORAX;

EID: 84891916640     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.10613     Document Type: Article

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