http://www.nitrc.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9012 <table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td align="left"/></tr></table> <p><b>Multi-modal functional MRI to explore placental function over gestation.</b></p> <p>Magn Reson Med. 2018 Sep 21;:</p> <p>Authors: Hutter J, Slator PJ, Jackson L, Gomes ADS, Ho A, Story L, O'Muircheartaigh J, Teixeira RPAG, Chappell LC, Alexander DC, Rutherford MA, Hajnal JV</p> <p>Abstract<br/> PURPOSE: To investigate, visualize and quantify the physiology of the human placenta in several dimensions - functional, temporal over gestation, and spatial over the whole organ.<br/> METHODS: Bespoke MRI techniques, combining a rich diffusion protocol, anatomical data and T2* mapping together with a multi-modal pipeline including motion correction and extracted quantitative features were developed and employed on pregnant women between 22 and 38 weeks gestational age including two pregnancies diagnosed with pre-eclampsia.<br/> RESULTS: A multi-faceted assessment was demonstrated showing trends of increasing lacunarity, and decreasing T2* and diffusivity over gestation.<br/> CONCLUSIONS: The obtained multi-modal acquisition and quantification shows promising opportunities for studying evolution, adaptation and compensation processes.<br/> </p><p>PMID: 30242899 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]</p> en-us Copyright 2000-2026 NITRC OSI Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:00:13 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss NITRC RSS generator