Weill Cornell Medicine
Citigroup Biomedical Imaging Center
Weill Cornell Medicine
Citigroup Biomedical Imaging Center

Feasibility of QSM in the human placenta.

Publication Type Academic Article
Authors Zun Z, Kapse K, Quistorff J, Andescavage N, Gimovsky A, Ahmadzia H, Limperopoulos C
Journal Magn Reson Med
Volume 85
Issue 3
Pagination 1272-1281
Date Published 09/16/2020
ISSN 1522-2594
Keywords Hyperoxia, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Abstract PURPOSE: Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) is an emerging tool for the precise characterization of human tissue, including regional oxygenation. A critical function of the human placenta is oxygen transfer to the developing fetus, which remains difficult to study in utero. The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of performing QSM in the human placenta in utero. METHODS: T RESULTS: T CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates the feasibility of performing placental QSM in pregnant women and supports the potential for placental QSM to provide noninvasive in vivo assessment of placental oxygenation.
DOI 10.1002/mrm.28502
PubMed ID 32936489
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