Postmortem Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Where Do We Stand?

Overview

Journal Insights Imaging

Publisher Springer

Specialty Radiology

Date 2018 Jun 6

PMID 29869137

Citations 5

Authors

Aurelie DHondt

Marie Cassart

Raymond De Maubeuge

Gustavo Soto Ares

Jacques Rommens

E Fred Avni

Affiliations

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Abstract

Key Points: • Concordance rates between PMFMRI and autopsy are high for detecting fetal pathologies. • PMFMRI is more acceptable for parents than traditional autopsy. • PMFMRI is becoming widely used as a part of the postmortem investigations. • A dedicated radiologist needs to learn to interpret correctly a PMFMRI. • PMFMRI can be easily realized in daily clinical practice.

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