title: Three-dimensional imaging of the postmortem fetus by MRI: early experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The feasibility and significance of three-dimensional (3D) visualization of the postmortem fetus using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was investigated.
  
  
  METHODS
  3D reconstruction of sectional MRI data sets from 8 postmortem fetuses was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fetal configurations and internal structures, both normal and pathological, were clearly demonstrated by 3D display.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This new technique provides high quality fetal 3D images for postmortem morphological diagnosis and interactive visual teaching. It may eventually have applications in prenatal diagnosis and the preoperative simulation of fetal surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Middlesex Hospital, University College London Hospitals, London, UK. joeb@medphys.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Brookes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Lees
mesh_terms: D019412:Anatomy, Cross-Sectional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000473:pathology*; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*