Audrey Lamouroux, Maïda Cardoso, Célia Bottero, Mathieu Gallo, Martha Duraes, Jennifer Salerno, Martin Bertrand, Valérie Rigau, Florent Fuchs, Eve Mousty, David Genevieve, Gérard Subsol, Christophe Goze-Bac, Guillaume Captier
OBJECTIVE: This study involved very early post-mortem (PM) examination of human fetal anatomy at 8 weeks of gestation (WG) using whole-body multimodal micro-imaging: micro-CT and high-field MRI (HF-MRI). We discuss the potential place of this imaging in early first-trimester virtual autopsy. METHODS: We performed micro-CT after different contrast-bath protocols including diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced (dice) and HF-MRI with a 9.4 T machine with qualitative and quantitative evaluation and obtained histological sections...
December 31, 2023: Prenatal Diagnosis