Novel applications of quantitative MRI for the fetal brain

The advent of ultrafast MRI acquisitions is offering vital insights into the critical maturational events that occur throughout pregnancy. Concurrent with the ongoing enhancement of ultrafast imaging has been the development of innovative image-processing techniques that are enabling us to capture a...

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Published inPediatric radiology Vol. 42; no. Suppl 1; pp. 24 - 32
Main Authors Clouchoux, Cédric, Limperopoulos, Catherine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 2012
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Advances in Fetal and Neonatal Imaging
Brain - anatomy & histology
Brain - embryology
Brain - physiology
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods
Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy - methods
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nerve Tissue Proteins - metabolism
Neuroradiology
Nuclear Medicine
Oncology
Pediatrics
Prenatal Diagnosis - methods
Radiology
Ultrasound
In vivo
Fetal brain
MRI
Quantitative techniques
Brain injury
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Summary:The advent of ultrafast MRI acquisitions is offering vital insights into the critical maturational events that occur throughout pregnancy. Concurrent with the ongoing enhancement of ultrafast imaging has been the development of innovative image-processing techniques that are enabling us to capture and quantify the exuberant growth, and organizational and remodeling processes that occur during fetal brain development. This paper provides an overview of the role of advanced neuroimaging techniques to study in vivo brain maturation and explores the application of a range of new quantitative imaging biomarkers that can be used clinically to monitor high-risk pregnancies.
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ISSN:0301-0449
1432-1998
DOI:10.1007/s00247-011-2178-0