MRI of the placenta - a short review.
While ultrasound is still the gold standard method of placental investigation, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has certain benefits. In advanced gestational age, obese women, and posterior placental location, MRI is advantageous due to the larger field of view and its multiplanar capabilities. Some pathologies are seen more clearly in MRI, such as infarctions and placental invasive disorders. The future development is towards functional placental MRI. Placental MRI has become an important complementary method for evaluation of placental anatomy and pathologies contributing to fetal problems such as intrauterine growth restriction.
Clinical Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. sabine.dekan@meduniwien.ac.at
Sabine
S
Dekan
Nina
N
Linduska
Gregor
G
Kasprian
Daniela
D
Prayer
D000037:Abruptio Placentae / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D002820:Hydatidiform Mole, Invasive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010920:Placenta / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D010921:Placenta Accreta / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010923:Placenta Previa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple / Q000502:physiology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology