title: Bi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging applied to obstetrics.
abstract: Foetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays an increasingly important role in the diagnosis of foetal abnormalities. Over the years, we have successfully applied bi-parametric MRI (bp-MRI) to the following obstetric conditions: (1) neurologic vascular diseases; (2) assessment of lung parenchyma maturation; (3) renal pathologies, such as polycystic kidney, suspected renal infarction, unilateral or bilateral renal agenesis; (4) placental pathologies, as twin-twin transfusion syndrome or placenta accreta; (5) benignant and malignant congenital tumours or cysts of the liver, such as haemangioendothelioma, hepatoblastoma or metastatic neuroblastoma, of the kidney (e.g. mesoblastic nephroma) and of the retroperitoneum, such as teratoma. The information derived from bp-MRI, and concerned with water motions in different tissues, improved the morphologic details provided by conventional foetal MRI. It has the potential to increase the value of MRI in the assessment of a wide range of foetal pathologies, particularly in renal diseases, allowing an adequate management decision and therapy.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Radiological Sciences, Division of Radiology , La Sapienza University , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Manganaro
authors.affiliation: a Department of Radiological Sciences, Division of Radiology , La Sapienza University , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vinci
authors.affiliation: a Department of Radiological Sciences, Division of Radiology , La Sapienza University , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giancotti
authors.affiliation: b Department of Surgical and Biomedical Sciences, Division of Gynecology , University of Perugia , Perugia , Italy.
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gerli
authors.affiliation: c Department of Surgical Sciences, First Division of Pediatric Surgery , La Sapienza University , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: Denis A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cozzi
authors.affiliation: d Santa Maria del Carmine Hospital , Provincial Health Care Services, Institute of Pathology , Rovereto , Italy.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pusiol
authors.affiliation: e Department of Surgical and Biomedical Sciences, Second Division of Radiology , University of Perugia , Perugia , Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scialpi
authors.affiliation: d Santa Maria del Carmine Hospital , Provincial Health Care Services, Institute of Pathology , Rovereto , Italy.|f Department of Diagnostic and Clinical Medicine and of Public Health, Division of Pathology , University of Modena and Reggio Emilia , Modena , Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6949-2216
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roncati
mesh_terms: D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009774:Obstetrics; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis
keywords: Foetus; bi-parametric MRI (bp-MRI); diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); obstetrics; placenta accreta