Postmortem microcomputed tomography (micro-CT) of small fetuses and hearts

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 600-609

  Lombardi, C M ^a   Zambelli, V ^b   Botta, G ^c   Moltrasio, F ^b   Cattoretti, G ^a,b   Lucchini, V ^a   Fesslova, V ^d   Cuttin, M S ^a  

^a Department of Radiology Studio Diagnostico Eco ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

congenital heart disease; fetal autopsy; first trimester; micro CT; pregnancy; virtual autopsy

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODIDE; LUGOL'S SOLUTION;

ANIMAL; AUTOPSY; C57BL MOUSE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IODIDES; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84912082869     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13330     Document Type: Article

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