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- Title
Fetal magnetic resonance imaging: indications, technique, anatomical considerations and a review of fetal abnormalities.
- Authors
Ertl-Wagner, Birgit; Lienemann, Andreas; Strauss, Alexander; Reiser, Maximilian F.
- Abstract
Fetal MR imaging often poses a diagnostic challenge for the radiologist. Both fetal anatomy and pathology differ decidedly from pediatric and adult MR imaging. While ultrasound remains the method of choice for screening examinations of the fetus, MR imaging is playing an increasingly important role in the detection and classification of malformations not diagnosable by ultrasonography alone. Recently, advances in fast single-shot MR sequences have allowed high-resolution, high-quality imaging of the moving fetus. Preferable sequences to be applied are a true fast imaging steady precession (true-FISP) or a half-Fourier acquired single-shot turbo spin-echo (HASTE) sequence. Premedication is generally no longer required. In all fetal MR imaging, every aspect of fetal anatomy has to be scrutinized. Subsequently, any abnormalities need to be described and classified. A close collaboration with the referring obstetrician is of paramount importance.
- Subjects
PHYSIOLOGY; ANATOMY; PREVENTIVE medicine; MEDICAL sciences; MEDICAL imaging systems; ULTRASONIC imaging; DIAGNOSIS of fetal diseases; SPINA bifida; PLACENTA diseases; BRAIN; CENTRAL nervous system; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; PRENATAL diagnosis; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
European Radiology, 2002, Vol 12, Issue 8, p1931
- ISSN
0938-7994
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00330-002-1383-5