Current Role of Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurologic Anomalies

• Published in: Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MRI Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 298 - 309
• Main Authors: Lyons, Karen, MBBChBAO, Cassady, Christopher, MD, Jones, Jeremy, MD, Paldino, Michael, MD, Mehollin-Ray, Amy, MD, Guimaraes, Carolina, MD, Krishnamurthy, Rajesh, MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Brain Diseases - embryology; Brain Diseases - pathology; Female; Humans; Image Enhancement - methods; Nervous System Malformations - pathology; Patient Positioning - methods; Pregnancy; Prenatal Diagnosis - methods; Radiology

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used increasingly to image the fetus when important questions remain unanswered after ultrasonography, which might occur particularly with abnormal amniotic fluid volumes, difficult fetal lie or position, and maternal obesity. Ultrasonography also has limitations...