Foetal lung volumes in pregnant women who deliver very preterm: a pilot study

L Story, T Zhang, JK Steinweg, J Hutter, J Matthew… - Pediatric …, 2020 - nature.com
Background Infants born preterm are at increased risk of pulmonary morbidity. The
contribution of antenatal factors to impairments in lung structure/function has not been fully …

Age‐related topographic map of magnetic resonance diffusion metrics in neonatal brains

PS Bobba, CF Weber, A Mak, A Mozayan… - Human brain …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Accelerated maturation of brain parenchyma close to term‐equivalent age leads to rapid
changes in diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) metrics of …

Bulk RNA sequencing of human pediatric lung cell populations reveals unique transcriptomic signature associated with postnatal pulmonary development

G Bandyopadhyay, MG Jehrio… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Postnatal lung development results in an increasingly functional organ prepared for gas
exchange and pathogenic challenges. It is achieved through cellular differentiation and …

The Use of Diffusion Imaging to Detect Microstructure in the Preterm Brain

C Rogers, JJ Neil - NeoReviews, 2013 - publications.aap.org
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging utilizes the translational motion of water within tissue
to provide information on a variety of tissue characteristics, including microstructure. It …

Modern pulmonary imaging of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

NS Higano, JL Ruoss, JC Woods - Journal of Perinatology, 2021 - nature.com
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a complex and serious cardiopulmonary morbidity in
infants who are born preterm. Despite advances in clinical care, BPD remains a significant …

Microvascular perfusion of the placenta, developing fetal liver, and lungs assessed with intravoxel incoherent motion imaging

A Jakab, RL Tuura, R Kottke… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background In utero intravoxel incoherent motion magnetic resonance imaging (IVIM‐MRI)
provides a novel method for examining microvascular perfusion fraction and diffusion in the …

Tracheal aspirate transcriptomic and miRNA signatures of extreme premature birth with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

CN Oji-Mmuo, R Siddaiah, DT Montes, MA Pham… - Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Objective Extreme preterm infants are a growing population in neonatal intensive care units
who carry a high mortality and morbidity. Multiple factors play a role in preterm birth …

Current imaging of prenatally diagnosed congenital lung lesions

M Epelman, PA Kreiger, S Servaes, T Victoria… - Seminars in Ultrasound …, 2010 - Elsevier
Congenital lung lesions refer to a spectrum of pulmonary developmental anomalies
including, but not limited to, bronchial atresia, congenital pulmonary airway malformation …

Quantitative and qualitative evaluations of fetal lung with MR imaging

H Osada, K Kaku, K Masuda, Y Iitsuka, K Seki… - Radiology, 2004 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To measure both volume and signal intensity of the fetal lung at magnetic
resonance (MR) imaging and to evaluate the clinical use of this method to predict fetal …

Early Detection of Ventilation-Induced Brain Injury Using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Diffusion Tensor Imaging: An In Vivo Study in Preterm Lambs

B Skiöld, Q Wu, SB Hooper, PG Davis, R McIntyre… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background and Aim High tidal volume (VT) ventilation during resuscitation of preterm
lambs results in brain injury evident histologically within hours after birth. We aimed to …