Fetal MRI

From the reviews: "This 518 page, 28 chapter book is dedicated to the ever increasing importance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in fetal imaging. ... this is a bench-book for all those who are devoted to fetal MRI, a state-of-the art tool for radiologists, obstetricians, gynecologists and paediatricians." (G. Beluffi, La radiologia medica, Vol. 117, 2012)

• History of Fetal MRI.- Indications for Fetal MRI.- Ethics of Fetal MRI.- How to Shorten MR Sequences.- Fetal MRI at Higher Field Strength.- Fetal MRI Safety.- The Psychic State of the Pregnant Woman and Prenatal Diagnostic.- Methods of Fetal MRI.- Histology of Normal Fetal Brain Development.- Normal Brain Development at High Field in Vitro.- Normal Fetal In-Vivo Brain Development on MRI.- Metabolic Brain Development.- Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Early Fetal Behavior.- Fetal Neurology.- Ultrasound and MRI of the Fetal Brain, Pros and Cons.- MRI of Normal Fetal Lung.-MRI of the Fetal Skeleton.- MRI of the Fetal Heart.- MRI of the Fetal Endocrine Glands.-Fetal MRI of Facial Clefts.- Cerebral Malformations.- Cerebral Acquired Disease.- Diagnosis of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.- Anesthesia in Fetal Surgery.- Treatment of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.- MRI of the Pathological Fetal Thorax.- MRI of the Fetal Abdomen.- Normal and Pathological Placental Development: MRI and Pathology.-Problems of Multiplet Pregnancies Ultrasound and MRI.- Treatment of Fetofetal Transfusion Syndrome.- Pathological Correlation of Prenatal Findings.- Postmortem Fetal MRI.- Genetics of Fetal Disease.- Maternal Diseases with Possible Impact on Pegnancy.