ArticleMedical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention2023
An automated pipeline for quantitative T2* fetal body MRI and segmentation at low field.
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- Roles and applications of artificial intelligence in fetal and placental MRI: a literature review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
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- MRI-based Quantification of Ossification Centers in the Human Fetal Atlas and Axis Vertebrae.Current medical imaging · 2026Article
- Real-time fetal brain and placental T2* mapping at 0.55T MRI.Magnetic resonance in medicine · 2025Article
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- Multi-Center Fetal Brain Tissue Annotation (FeTA) Challenge 2022 Results.IEEE transactions on medical imaging · 2025Article
- Automatic flow planning for fetal cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2025Article
- In vivo T2 measurements of the fetal brain using single-shot fast spin echo sequences.Magnetic resonance in medicine · 2024Article
- Functional assessment of brain development in fetuses that subsequently deliver very preterm: An MRI pilot study.Prenatal diagnosis · 2024Article
- The Fetal Spleen in Low-Risk Pregnancies and prior to Preterm Birth: Observational Study of the Role of Anatomical and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.Fetal diagnosis and therapy · 2024Observational
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Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging at low field strengths is emerging as an exciting direction in perinatal health. Clinical low field (0.55T) scanners are beneficial for fetal imaging due to their reduced susceptibility-induced artefacts, increased T2* values, and wider bore (widening access for the increasingly obese pregnant population). However, the lack of standard automated image processing tools such as segmentation and reconstruction hampers wider clinical use. In this study, we introduce a semi-automatic pipeline using quantitative MRI for the fetal body at low field strength resulting in fast and detailed quantitative T2* relaxometry analysis of all major fetal body organs. Multi-echo dynamic sequences of the fetal body were acquired and reconstructed into a single high-resolution volume using deformable slice-to-volume reconstruction, generating both structural and quantitative T2* 3D volumes. A neural network trained using a semi-supervised approach was created to automatically segment these fetal body 3D volumes into ten different organs (resulting in dice values > 0.74 for 8 out of 10 organs). The T2* values revealed a strong relationship with GA in the lungs, liver, and kidney parenchyma (R
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