A new tool for prenatal diagnosis: ultrafast fetal MRI

Semin Perinatol. 1999 Dec;23(6):437-47. doi: 10.1016/s0146-0005(99)80023-8.

Abstract

The development of ultrafast magnetic resonance imaging scanners and sequences provides a new tool for the diagnosis of fetal anomalies. Magnetic resonance imaging is a valuable adjunct to prenatal ultrasound especially for the evaluation of suspected fetal brain anomalies, chest masses, abdominal masses, and renal diseases.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen / embryology
  • Brain / abnormalities
  • Brain / embryology
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnosis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Diagnosis / methods*
  • Thorax / embryology