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Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of thick-slab single-shot turbo spin-echo (SSTSE)T2 ?-weighted sequence in magnetic resonance fetography (MRF)for fetal abnormalities.Methods 328 of 1 990 pregnant women with the diagnosis of fetal congenital defects on prenatal ultrasound screening or chromosome examination were randomly selected,and 338 fetuses were ob-tained.These fetuses were scanned by conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)and MRF.The diagnostic results from the two MR methods were compared.Results Six hundred and twenty-four lesions were detected by MRF.The primary diagnosis based on conventional MRI was changed for 14 lesions (2.2%).New findings were identified for 48 fetal lesions (8.4%)and 66 ma-ternal lesions.However,78 fetal lesions could not to be identified by MRF.MRF could increase the diagnostic confidence for fetal lesions with high water content (56.1% of the lesions).Conclusion MRF can yield more precise information for fetal extremities, fluid-filled cavities,pathological hydrops and cystic lesions.As an additional aid to the conventional multi-slice T2-weighted se-quence.
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Objective To investigate the relationships between baseline R2? of blood oxygenation level-dependent magnetic resonance imaging(BOLD-MRI) and Semi-quantitative parameters of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging(DCE-MRI) in cervical cancer,to lay a foundation for the further development of assessing tumor hypoxia techniques. Methods Twenty-four patients with cervical cancer were subjected to DCE-MRI and BOLD-MRI before treatment,Semi-quantitative parameters(SI-I、MER、Tmax、IAUC) of DCE-MRI and the baseline R2?of BOLD-MRI produced by special post-processing softwares,the relationships between baseline R2?of BOLD-MRI and Semi-quantitative parameters of DCE-MRI were analyzed. Results Significant positive correlations were observed between baseline R2?and Tmax(r=0.423,P=0.014),there were no correlation between baseline R2? and SI-I、MER or IAUC(P>0.05). Conclusion Semi-quantitative parameters of DCE-MRI and baseline R2? of BOLD-MRI respectively reflected the oxygenation of tumor in different principle. The combined use of the above parameters is expected to improve the performance for defining tumor hypoxia.