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Low‐field dedicated magnetic resonance imaging: a potential tool for assisting perinatal autopsy
Author(s) -
Langer B.,
Choquet P.,
Ravier S.,
Gasser B.,
Schlaeder G.,
Constantinesco A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12040271.x
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , autopsy , obstetrics and gynaecology , fetus , in utero , ultrasound , radiology , gestational age , obstetrics , pregnancy , pathology , biology , genetics
Although the practice of perinatal autopsy has increased in recent years, examination of the fetus and especially of the fetal brain during the first trimester or the beginning of the second trimester remains difficult. Postmortem high‐resolution images of the brain of a normal and an abnormal fetus of the same gestational age (22 weeks) were obtained with a low‐field (0.1 T) dedicated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. We demonstrated that a small MRI machine supplemented data from classical necropsy and may help in the interpretation of in utero ultrasound and magnetic resonance images for the antenatal diagnosis of fetal malformations. Copyright © 1998 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology