This is the most comprehensive book written on the subject of fetal MRI. It provides a practical hands-on approach to the use of state-of-the-art MRI techniques and the optimization of sequences. The book also contains numerous high-quality illustrations.

Most comprehensive available book on the subject of fetal MRI Provides very detailed information on fetal diagnosis and offers a practical hands-on approach to state-of-the-art techniques and the optimization of sequences Will serve as a detailed resource for radiologists, obstetricians, neonatologists, geneticists, and others wishing to understand fetal MRI technology and applications in depth

Inhalt

History of Fetal MRI.- Indications for Fetal MRI.- Ethics of Fetal MRI.- How to Shorten MR Sequences.- Fetal MRI at Higher Field Strength.- Fetal MRI Safety.- The Psychic State of the Pregnant Woman and Prenatal Diagnostic.- Methods of Fetal MRI.- Histology of Normal Fetal Brain Development.- Normal Brain Development at High Field in Vitro.- Normal Fetal In-Vivo Brain Development on MRI.- Metabolic Brain Development.- Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Early Fetal Behavior.- Fetal Neurology.- Ultrasound and MRI of the Fetal Brain, Pros and Cons.- MRI of Normal Fetal Lung.-MRI of the Fetal Skeleton.- MRI of the Fetal Heart.- MRI of the Fetal Endocrine Glands.-Fetal MRI of Facial Clefts.- Cerebral Malformations.- Cerebral Acquired Disease.- Diagnosis of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.- Anesthesia in Fetal Surgery.- Treatment of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.- MRI of the Pathological Fetal Thorax.- MRI of the Fetal Abdomen.- Normal and Pathological Placental Development: MRI and Pathology.-Problems of Multiplet Pregnancies Ultrasound and MRI.- Treatment of Fetofetal Transfusion Syndrome.- Pathological Correlation of Prenatal Findings.- Postmortem Fetal MRI.- Genetics of Fetal Disease.- Maternal Diseases with Possible Impact on Pegnancy.