title: MR assessment of normal fetal lung volumes: a literature review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Fetal lung volume can be assessed from MR images by planimetric measurement and comparison with normal values. We review 10 MRI articles that report normal fetal lung volumes based on gestational age to assess reproducibility and application of data.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The articles were analyzed for differences in methodology and disparities in reported normal lung volumes by gestational age. Overall, there is substantial variability among studies regarding reported normal fetal lung volumes as measured on MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5654, USA.
authors.forename: Swati
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deshmukh
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rubesova
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barth
mesh_terms: D047109:Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005325:Fetal Organ Maturity; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000196:embryology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D012016:Reference Values