MR assessment of normal fetal lung volumes: a literature review.
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.
Deshmukh
Swati
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Department of Radiology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5654, USA.
Rubesova
Erika
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Barth
Richard
R
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