title: Fetal magnetic resonance imaging at 3.0 T.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been used to image the in utero fetus for the past 3 decades. Although not as commonplace as other patient-oriented MRI, it is a growing field and demonstrating a role in the clinical care of the fetus. Indeed, the body of literature involving fetal MRI exceeds 3000 published articles. Indeed, there is interest in accessing even the healthy fetus with MRI to further understand the development of humans during the fetal stage. On the horizon is fetal imaging using 3.0-T clinical systems. Although a clear path is not necessarily determined, experiments, theoretical calculations, advances in pulse sequence design, new hardware, and experience from imaging at 1.5 T help define the path.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5667, USA. rcwelsh@med.umich.edu
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nemec
authors.forename: Moriah E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Thomason
mesh_terms: D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D047109:Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005333:Fetus; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*