Reliability of 4D Flow MRI for Investigation of Fetal Cardiovascular Hemodynamics in the Third Trimester
Erin K. Englund, Takashi Fujiwara, Sarah A. Smith, Mariana L. Meyers, Richard Friesen, Lorna P. Browne, Alex J. Barker
Abstract
Four-dimensional flow MRI was feasible in third-trimester fetuses, and hemodynamic measurements were precise across measurement locations, internally consistent based on conservation of mass, repeatable from test-retest data, and correlated to two-dimensional phase contrast MRI measurements.
Topics & Concepts
HemodynamicsThird trimesterReliability (semiconductor)MedicineFetusBiomedical engineeringCardiologyPregnancyPhysicsBiologyPower (physics)GeneticsQuantum mechanicsFetal and Pediatric Neurological DisordersPregnancy and preeclampsia studiesMRI in cancer diagnosis