Improved visualization of fetal heart abnormalities with 3d mri


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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe The use of motion-corrected 3D MRI can improve the visualization of congenital abnormalities in fetal hearts compared with either uncorrected


2D MRI or 2D echocardiography. This novel approach “offers the potential for a safe, reliable and highly complementary form of imaging of the fetal cardiovascular system”, conclude the


researchers from London, UK. Pregnant women are assessed using 2D echocardiography when a congenital cardiac abnormality is suspected, but if further diagnostic information is needed, the


options for reliable secondary imaging are limited. Use of fetal MRI is well-established for other organs (such as the brain), but is susceptible to movement of the fetus, especially for 3D


imaging. Therefore, the investigators aimed to test the use of MRI with novel, motion-corrected, 3D image-registration software in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease. This is a


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* Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support REFERENCES ORIGINAL ARTICLE * Lloyd, D. F. A. et al. Three-dimensional visualisation of the


fetal heart using prenatal MRI with motion-corrected slice-volume registration: a prospective, single-centre cohort study. _Lancet_ https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32490-5 (2019)


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Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Lim, G.B. Improved visualization of fetal heart abnormalities with 3D MRI. _Nat Rev Cardiol_ 16, 386 (2019).


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