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Abstract #4133

Measuring Venous Blood Oxygenation in Fetal Brain Using Susceptibility Weighted Imaging

Pavan Kumar Jella1, Jaladhar Neelavali2, Uday Krishnamurthy3, Swati Mody2, Lami Yeo4, 5, Yashwanth Katkuri2, Ray O. Bahado-Singh6, Sonia Hassan4, 5, Haacke Mark Ewart2, Robert Romero5, Moriah Thomason5, 7

1Biomedical Engineering , Wayne state university, Detroit, MI, United States; 2Department of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detorit, MI, United States; 3Biomedical Engineering, Wayne state university, Detroit, MI, United States; 4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne state university, Detroit, MI, United States; 5Perinatology Research Branch, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States; 6Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne state university, Detorit, MI, United States; 7Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States

We measured fetal cerebral blood oxygenation in 5 normal fetuses at varying gestational ages using MR susceptibility weighted imaging.

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