BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Diffusion-weighted MR imaging studies of normal brain
development have focused on premature babies who were free of focal lesions on …

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and tractography are noninvasive tools that enable the study
of three-dimensional diffusion characteristics and their molecular, cellular, and …

PURPOSE: To retrospectively determine a biometric algorithm for calculating relative lung
volume in fetuses with normal lungs and of a wide range of gestational ages by using …

Immature fetal lung is associated with many adverse outcomes including respiratory distress
syndrome and transient tachypnoea of the newborn. Several methods/tools have been used …

This study introduces an MRI approach to map diffusion of water in vivo with high resolution
under challenging conditions; the approach's potential is then used in diffusivity …

Objective To investigate whether fetal lung volume and fetal lung volume growth over
gestation are different in mothers who reported smoking during pregnancy compared to non …

Rationale Survivors of preterm birth are at risk of chronic and lifelong pulmonary disease.
Follow-up data describing lung structure and function are scarce in children born preterm …

Ultrasound, which is now a widely available and generally accepted, low-cost technique
with real-time properties, is the screening investigation of choice in fetal medicine. However …

Objective To measure magnetic resonance parameters T1 and T2 of the fetal lungs and
investigate the relationship of these parameters to changes in volume and gestation. Design …