Clinical Applications of Fetal MRI in the Brain

Nagaraj, Usha D.; Kline-Fath, Beth M.

doi:10.3390/diagnostics12030764

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Clinical Applications of Fetal MRI in the Brain

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Usha D. Nagaraj

^1,2,*

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Beth M. Kline-Fath

^1,2

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Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA

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Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA

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Diagnostics 2022, 12(3), 764; https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12030764

Submission received: 24 January 2022 / Revised: 4 March 2022 / Accepted: 10 March 2022 / Published: 21 March 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue MR Imaging of Pediatric Brain Diseases and Injury)

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Abstract

Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become a widely used tool in clinical practice, providing increased accuracy in prenatal diagnoses of congenital abnormalities of the brain, allowing for more accurate prenatal counseling, optimization of perinatal management, and in some cases fetal intervention. In this article, a brief description of how fetal ultrasound (US) and fetal MRI are used in clinical practice will be followed by an overview of the most common reasons for referral for fetal MRI of the brain, including ventriculomegaly, absence of the cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) and posterior fossa anomalies.

Keywords: fetal MRI; brain; ventriculomegaly; cavum; posterior fossa

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Nagaraj, U.D.; Kline-Fath, B.M. Clinical Applications of Fetal MRI in the Brain. Diagnostics 2022, 12, 764. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12030764

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Nagaraj UD, Kline-Fath BM. Clinical Applications of Fetal MRI in the Brain. Diagnostics. 2022; 12(3):764. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12030764

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Nagaraj, Usha D., and Beth M. Kline-Fath. 2022. "Clinical Applications of Fetal MRI in the Brain" Diagnostics 12, no. 3: 764. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12030764

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Nagaraj, U. D., & Kline-Fath, B. M. (2022). Clinical Applications of Fetal MRI in the Brain. Diagnostics, 12(3), 764. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12030764

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