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Assessment of optic nerve development using post‐mortem Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in fetuses and newborns
Author(s) -
Soo Audrey,
Taha Syed,
Lally Peter,
Kirmi Olga,
Jones Brynmor,
Thayyil Sudhin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.4672
Subject(s) - fetus , optic nerve , gestational age , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , optic nerve hypoplasia , anatomy , pregnancy , radiology , biology , genetics
What's already known about this topic? Biometric studies of fetal orbit and lens development have been shown to correlate with gestational age. No available data on optic nerve measurements in fetuses/neonates.What does this study add? Normal fetal/neonatal optic nerve diameter measurements for gestational age as measured on post‐mortem MRI scans.