Brain fetal magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate maturation of normal white matter during the third trimester of pregnancy

Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could improve the estimation of fetal brain maturation and the interpretation of white matter signal intensity in pathological conditions. To investigate T2-based and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) measurements for the evaluation of fetal brain maturation during the last trimester of pregnancy. One hundred sixty-eight fetal brain MRIs were retrospectively analyzed (age range: 28–37 weeks of...