title: [Fetal magnetic resonance imaging: methods and techniques].
abstract: Since the introduction of fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) into prenatal diagnostics, advances in coil technology and development of ultrafast sequences have further enhanced this technique. At present numerous sequences are available to visualize the whole fetus with high resolution and image quality, even in late stages of pregnancy. Taking into consideration the special circumstances of examination and adjusting sequence parameters to gestational age, fetal anatomy can be accurately depicted. The variety of sequences also allows further characterization of fetal tissues and pathologies. Fetal MRI not only supplies additional information to routine ultrasound studies, but also reveals fetal morphology and pathology in a way hitherto not possible.
authors.affiliation: Arbeitsgruppe Integrative Morphologie, Zentrum für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Medizinische Universität Wien. peter.brugger@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Brugger
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stuhr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lindner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prayer
mesh_terms: D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*