Water-fat magnetic resonance imaging of adipose tissue compartments in the normal third trimester fetus

Autor: Michael R. Miller, Barbra de Vrijer, Genevieve Eastabrook, Debbie Penava, Simran Sethi, Tianna Koreman, Stephanie A. Giza, Charles A. McKenzie
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Pediatric Radiology. 51:1214-1222
ISSN: 1432-1998
0301-0449
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-020-04955-z
Popis: Assessment of fetal adipose tissue gives information about the future metabolic health of an individual, with evidence that the development of this tissue has regional heterogeneity. To assess differences in the proton density fat fraction (PDFF) between fetal adipose tissue compartments in the third trimester using water-fat magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Water-fat MRI was performed in a 1.5-T scanner. Fetal adipose tissue was segmented into cheeks, thorax, abdomen, upper arms, forearms, thighs and lower legs. PDFF and R2* values were measured in each compartment. Twenty-eight women with singleton pregnancies were imaged between 28 and 38 weeks of gestation. At 30 weeks’ gestation (n=22), the PDFF was statistically different between the compartments (P
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