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Intrauterine Imaging

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Fetal neuroimaging is part of clinical neuroradiology and pediatric radiology. Ultrasound (US) is the main tool for routine assessment of the fetus. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an additional imaging tool to confirm or correct ultrasound findings. The CNS represents one of the most frequently involved structures among all fetal anomalies. Indications for fetal MRI have increased because of improvements in MR techniques that permit the depiction of subtle changes within the fetal brain. Computed tomography (CT) is not used routinely. However, multidetector CT with helical acquisition, thin slices, and volume-rendering reconstructions is helpful in assessing spine and cranial vault abnormalities. This chapter focuses mostly on MRI of the fetal brain and more specifically on how, when, and why fetal MRI should be employed in the clinical practice.

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  1. Service de Neuroradiologie Diagnostique et Interventionnelle, Hôpital la Timone, APHM, Marseille, France

    Nadine Girard & Jean-François Hak

  2. CNRS, CRMBM, UMR 7339, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

    Nadine Girard

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  1. Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Frederik Barkhof

  2. National Hosp.f Neurology & Neurosurgery, UCL National Hosp.f Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, UK

    Rolf Jager

  3. Division of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Vienna Division of Neuroradiology, Wien, Austria

    Majda Thurnher

  4. Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital Vall d’Hebrón Department of Neuroradiology, Barcelona, Spain

    Alex Rovira Cañellas

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  1. IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini Children’s Hospital, Genoa, Italy

    Andrea Rossi

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Girard, N., Hak, JF. (2019). Intrauterine Imaging. In: Barkhof, F., Jager, R., Thurnher, M., Rovira Cañellas, A. (eds) Clinical Neuroradiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61423-6_30-1

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