Open AccessFetal Body Imaging: When is MRI Indicated?
Author(s) -
Marie Cassart
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the belgian society of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.232
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 2514-8281
DOI - 10.5334/jbr-btr.1378
Subject(s) - medicine , diaphragmatic hernia , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , fetus , congenital diaphragmatic hernia , ultrasonography , prenatal diagnosis , pulmonary sequestration , medical imaging , hernia , pregnancy , lung , genetics , biology
Recent improvements in fetal therapies and perinatal care and the multidisciplinary involvement in fetal medicine have increased the demand for more accurate prenatal diagnosis. Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a complementary imaging technique for the assessment of thoraco-abdominal anomalies for which Ultrasonography (US) is not conclusive. It is indicated in selected situations to precise the prognosis in diaphragmatic hernia, to characterise the nature and extension of a pulmonary malformation, to locate a bowel atresia or to better depict an abdominal cystic lesion or tumoural extension. It has become a mandatory complementary diagnostic tool and improves the management of the fetuses and newborns.