Guidelines for Fetal Cardiac Imaging

Energy window setting for optimum Tl-201 cardiac imaging [Persian]

  Introduction: Poor sensitivity and poor signal to noise ratio because of low injected thallium dose and presence of scattered photons are the main problems in using thallium in scintigraphic imaging of the heart. Scattered photons are the main cause of degrading the contrast and resolution in SPECT imaging that result in error in quantification. Thallium decay is ve...

Metric Optimized Gating for Fetal Cardiac MR Imaging

M. S. Jansz, M. Seed, J. F. van Amerom, S. J. Yoo, and C. K. Macgowan Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Medical Imaging, University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Pediatric Cardiology, University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dignostic Imaging, Universit...

Comparison of Fetal Echocardiography for Fetal Cardiac Structure in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Normal Pregnancies

BackgroundIncreased metabolic rate of hyperglycemia in gestational diabetes causes macrosomia, which can also affect the fetal heart. The thickness of the walls of the heart and its function in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can change over time before treatment. We aimed to evaluate fetal cardiac structure in terms of ventricular wall thickness and its function in women w...

Early experience of multi-sequence fetal cardiac magnetic resonance imaging within a clinical fetal cardiology service

Background Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease is important to ensure both informed parental counselling before birth, and effective planning of potentially life-saving interventions after birth. MRI offers a safe, radiationfree adjunct to conventional diagnostic modalities, particularly in mothers with high BMI or at later gestations where ultrasound may be limited. However, cardiov...

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