Fetal lung development via quantitative biomarkers from diffusion MRI and histological validation in rhesus macaques

NS Higano, X Cao, J Guo, X Wang, CD Kroenke… - Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Objective To demonstrate sensitivity of diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) to pulmonary
cellular-space changes during normal in utero development using fetal rhesus macaques …

Diffusion‐weighted MR imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient of the normal fetal lung: preliminary experience

L Manganaro, A Perrone, S Sassi, F Fierro… - Prenatal …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess if a correlation is present between apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)
values and normal lung maturation during gestation to define potential reference values as …

Fetal lung apparent diffusion coefficient measurement using diffusion‐weighted MRI at 3 Tesla: Correlation with gestational age

O Afacan, A Gholipour, RV Mulkern… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of using diffusion‐weighted magnetic resonance imaging
(DW‐MRI) to assess the fetal lung apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) at 3 Tesla (T) …

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the normal fetal lung

C Balassy, G Kasprian, PC Brugger, B Csapo… - European …, 2008 - Springer
To quantify apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) changes in fetuses with normal lungs and to
determine whether ADC can be used in the assessment of fetal lung development. In 53 …

[HTML][HTML] Fetal MRI radiomics: non-invasive and reproducible quantification of human lung maturity

F Prayer, ML Watzenböck, BH Heidinger, J Rainer… - European …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives To assess the reproducibility of radiomics features extracted from the developing
lung in repeated in-vivo fetal MRI acquisitions. Methods In-vivo MRI (1.5 Tesla) scans of 30 …

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of fetal lung maturation in sheep: effect of prenatal cortisone administration on ADC values

CC Much, BP Schoennagel, J Yamamura, R Buchert… - European …, 2013 - Springer
Objective To assess changes in diffusion properties in the fetal lung after cortisone
administration with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in fetal sheep. Methods DWI was …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of the fetal lungs in utero

CL Avena-Zampieri, J Hutter, M Rutherford… - American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antenatal diagnosis of abnormal pulmonary development has improved significantly over
recent years because of progress in imaging techniques. Two-dimensional ultrasound is the …

Non‐invasive fetal lung assessment using diffusion‐weighted imaging

W Lee, A Krisko, A Shetty, L Yeo… - … in Obstetrics and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The main goal was to develop a reproducible method for estimating the diffusion
of water in human fetal lung tissue using diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI). A secondary …

Diffusion‐weighted MRI in lungs of normal fetuses and those with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

M Cannie, J Jani, F De Keyzer… - … in Obstetrics and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To prospectively determine apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of normally
developing fetal lungs over gestation, as obtained by diffusion‐weighted (DW) magnetic …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of normal pulmonary development using functional magnetic resonance imaging techniques

CL Avena-Zampieri, J Hutter, M Deprez… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND The mainstay of assessment of the fetal lungs in clinical practice is via
evaluation of pulmonary size, primarily using 2D ultrasound and more recently with …