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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the standard radiological method for evaluating the normal and pathological fetal brain, but advanced MRI techniques such as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) are being used at a research level and have the potential to become standard methods in the future, providing more specific insight into the developmental processes of the fetal brain.
Paper
[Advanced MRI techniques of the fetal brain].
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CLINICAL/METHODICAL ISSUE Evaluation of the normal and pathological fetal brain. STANDARD RADIOLOGICAL METHODS Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODICAL INNOVATIONS Advanced MRI of the fetal brain. PERFORMANCE Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is used in clinical practice, all other methods are used at a research level. ACHIEVEMENTS Serving as standard methods in the future. PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS Combined structural and functional data for all gestational ages will allow more specific insight into the developmental processes of the fetal brain. This gain of information will help provide a common understanding of complex spatial and temporal procedures of early morphological features and their impact on cognitive and sensory abilities.
Authors
V. Schöpf, E. Dittrich, V. Berger-Kulemann
Journal
Der Radiologe