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Abstract #2091

Measuring Blood Movement in the Placenta Using IVIM at 1.5 T

Ali Mohammad Al-Radaideh1, Vian Kareem1, Carolyn Costigan2, Nia Jones, Tomas Paus3, George Bugg, Penny A. Gowland1

1Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, The University Of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; 2Brain and Body Centre, The University Of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; 3Brain and Body Centre, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK


DTI can used to measure IVIM parameters related to placental blood movement at 1.5 T. Previous placental IVIM data acquired at 0.5 T only provided sufficient SNR to map f, but the at 1.5 T sufficient SNR is available to obtain useful information from D* and D. Intrasubject repeatability is good. Data are presented for a range of gestational ages.