Fetal weight estimation by echo-planar magnetic resonance imaging

P N Baker; I R Johnson; P A Gowland; J Hykin; P R Harvey; A Freeman; V Adams; B S Worthington; P Mansfield

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(94)92638-7

Fetal weight estimation by echo-planar magnetic resonance imaging

Lancet. 1994 Mar 12;343(8898):644-5. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(94)92638-7.

Authors

P N Baker¹, I R Johnson, P A Gowland, J Hykin, P R Harvey, A Freeman, V Adams, B S Worthington, P Mansfield

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK.

PMID: 7906814
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(94)92638-7

Abstract

Fetal weight was estimated in utero in eleven singleton pregnancies by measurement of fetal volume with echo-planar imaging (EPI), a form of magnetic resonance imaging, and by ultrasound measurements. EPI estimates of fetal volume were closely correlated with actual birthweight (R = 0.97). The median difference (expressed as a percentage of actual birthweight) between actual and EPI-estimated birthweights was 3.0% (range 0.6-9.9); this discrepancy was significantly smaller than that found for ultrasonographic estimates (6.5% [1.7-17.8]; p < 0.01).

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Controlled Clinical Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Birth Weight
Body Weight
Echo-Planar Imaging* / methods
Female
Fetal Growth Retardation / diagnosis
Fetal Macrosomia / diagnosis
Fetus / anatomy & histology*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Pregnancy
Ultrasonography, Prenatal