In vivo MRI assessment of placental and foetal oxygenation changes in a rat model of growth restriction using blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1335-1342

  Aimot Macron, S ^a,b,d   Salomon, L J ^a,b,d   Deloison, B ^a,b,d   Thiam, R ^a,b   Cuenod, C A ^a,b,c   Clement, O ^a,b,c   Siauve, N ^a,b,c  

^a PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

BOLD MRI; Foetoplacental oxygenation; Foetus; Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR); Placenta

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BOLD SIGNAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HYPEROXIA; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN BREATHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEADY STATE; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84877116039     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2712-y     Document Type: Article

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