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ADC values as a biomarker of fetal brain maturation Cover

ADC values as a biomarker of fetal brain maturation

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 57 (2023): Issue 2 (June 2023)
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Open Access
|Jun 2023

Figures & Tables

FIGURE 1.

Position of the ROI in the brain of a fetus with a gestational age of 29 weeks. Region of interests (ROIs) were placed in each brain region bilaterally. Markings are visible only on one side. (A) Frontal white matter, (B) parietal white matter, (C) temporal white matter, (D) occipital white matter, (E) thalamus, (F) pons, (G) hemisphere of the cerebellum.
Position of the ROI in the brain of a fetus with a gestational age of 29 weeks. Region of interests (ROIs) were placed in each brain region bilaterally. Markings are visible only on one side. (A) Frontal white matter, (B) parietal white matter, (C) temporal white matter, (D) occipital white matter, (E) thalamus, (F) pons, (G) hemisphere of the cerebellum.

FIGURE 2.

Average apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values for different regions of interest (ROIs).
Average apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values for different regions of interest (ROIs).

FIGURE 3.

Association between apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in different brain regions and fetal gestational age in days. (A) Frontal white matter, (B) parietal white matter, (C) temporal white matter, (D) occipital white matter, (E) thalamus, (F) pons, (G) cerebellum.
Association between apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in different brain regions and fetal gestational age in days. (A) Frontal white matter, (B) parietal white matter, (C) temporal white matter, (D) occipital white matter, (E) thalamus, (F) pons, (G) cerebellum.

Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for different regions of interest (ROIs)

ROIICC
FWM0.91
PWM0.90
TWM0.75
OWM0.78
Thalami0.85
Pons0.81
Cerebellum0.92
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2023-0022 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 178 - 183
Submitted on: Feb 3, 2023
Accepted on: Apr 17, 2023
Published on: Jun 21, 2023
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
myelination,
fetal brain maturation,
ADC,
biomarker,
diffusion-weighted imaging,
diffusion
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Haematology, oncology,
Radiology

© 2023 Lucija Kobal, Katarina Surlan Popovic, Jernej Avsenik, Tina Vipotnik Vesnaver, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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