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Abstract #4493

High Resolution 3D Imaging of Post-Mortem Human Fetal Hearts

Eleftheria Pervolaraki1, Steven Reynolds2, Adriana Bucur2, Alejandro Frangi3, Richard Anderson4, Martyn Paley2, Arun Holden1

1Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom; 2Academic Radiology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom; 3Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom; 4MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Universityy of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, East Lothian, United Kingdom


High resolution 3D FLASH imaging of post mortem fetal human hearts around 20 week gestation was performed at 9.4T with 58 micron isotropic spatial resolution. Muscle and Purkinje fibers could be segmented in spiral formation.

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