Assessment of fetal lung maturation from diffusion weighted MRI at 3T

Magnetic resonance methods in fetal neurology.

Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an established clinical adjunct for the in-vivo evaluation of human brain development. Normal fetal brain maturation can be studied with MRI from the 18th week of gestation to term and relies primarily on T2-weighted sequences. Recently diffusion-weighted sequences have gained importance in the structural assessment of the fetal brain. Diffusion...

Dynamic Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DCE-MRI) and Diffusion Weighted MR Imaging (DWI) for Differentiation between Benign and Malignant Salivary Gland Tumors

Background: Salivary gland tumors form nearly 3% of head and neck tumors. Due to their large histological variety and vicinity to facial nerves, pre-operative diagnosis and differentiation of benign and malignant parotid tumors are a major challenge for radiologists. Objective: The majority of these tumors are benign; however, sometimes they tend to transform into a malignant form. Functional M...

Cranial nerve tractography with 3T PROPELLER Diffusion Tensor Imaging

[Introduction] Cranial nerves are small nerves that control various sensory and/or motor functions and these nerves emerge from the brainstem. Conventional anatomical scan such as T1/T2 weighed MRI is commonly used to identify these nerves, but sometimes it is difficult to track the pathways due to complex structure. To visualize complex fiber structure, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) has been ...

Author's response to reviews Title: Semiquantitative Assessment of Subchondral Bone Marrow Edema-like Lesions and Subchondral Cysts of the Knee at 3T MRI: A Comparison between Intermediate-Weighted Fat-Suppressed Spin Echo and Double Echo Steady State Sequences Authors:

Fetal MRI: An approach to practice: A review

MRI has been increasingly used for detailed visualization of the fetus in utero as well as pregnancy structures. Yet, the familiarity of radiologists and clinicians with fetal MRI is still limited. This article provides a practical approach to fetal MR imaging. Fetal MRI is an interactive scanning of the moving fetus owed to the use of fast sequences. Single-shot fast spin-echo (SSFSE) T2-weigh...