Diagnostic accuracy of post-mortem MRI for thoracic abnormalities in fetuses and children

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2876-2884

  Arthurs, Owen J ^a,b   Thayyil, Sudhin ^c   Olsen, Oystein E ^a   Addison, Shea ^c   Wade, Angie ^b   Jones, Rod ^a,d   Norman, Wendy ^a,d   Scott, Rosemary J ^e   Robertson, Nicola J ^d   Taylor, Andrew M ^a,d   Chitty, Lyn S ^b,e   Sebire, Neil J ^a,b   Owens, Catherine M ^a,d  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Children; Fetuses; MRI; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; LUNG INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POST MORTEM MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THORAX MALFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORACIC DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; THORACIC DISEASES;

EID: 84919881427     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3313-8     Document Type: Article

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