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.