MR imaging of the fetal brain at 1.5T and 3.0T field strengths: Comparing specific absorption rate (SAR) and image quality

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 209-220

  Krishnamurthy, Uday ^a,b   Neelavalli, Jaladhar ^a,b   Mody, Swati ^a   Yeo, Lami ^a,c,d   Jella, Pavan K ^a   Saleem, Sheena ^a   Korzeniewski, Steven J ^a,c,d   Cabrera, Maria D ^a   Ehterami, Shadi ^a   Bahado Singh, Ray O ^e   Katkuri, Yashwanth ^a   Haacke, Ewart M ^a,b   Hernandez Andrade, Edgar ^a,c,d   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,c,d   Romero, Roberto ^c,d,f,g  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3.0T; Fetal imaging; Fetal mri; Radio frequency energy; Signal to noise; Specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DISTENDED SMALL BOWEL LOOP; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; IMAGE QUALITY; INTESTINE MALFORMATION; MEGA CISTERNA MAGNA; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945451306     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2014-0268     Document Type: Article

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