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The brain in the belly: What and how of fetal neuroimaging?
Author(s) -
Girard Nadine J.,
Chaumoitre Kathia
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.23596
Subject(s) - diffusion mri , neuroimaging , in utero , magnetic resonance imaging , in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy , fetus , medicine , human brain , neuroscience , radiology , psychology , pregnancy , biology , genetics
This work reviews magnetic resonance imaging in the developing human brain. It focuses on fetal brain imaged in vivo and in utero with complementary sections on abnormalities seen in clinical settings, and on potential of diffusion tensor imaging and of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The main purposes are to illustrate the normal fetal developing brain and its abnormalities commonly encountered in utero, and to emphasize the potential role of adjunct techniques such as diffusion imaging and spectroscopy that may help elucidate fetal brain maturation and its abnormalities. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2012;36:788–804. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.