The purpose of this study is to determine the reliability of sonographic (US) lung measurements compared with Fetal MR in fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The sonographic lung head ratio (LHR) is a widely used prognostic tool in CDH, but can be difficult to obtain due to shifted mediastinum and fetal position. To our knowledge, comparison of MRI measured LHR with US has not been previously reported. Read More

Meeting name: IPR 2016 Conjoint Meeting & Exhibition , 2016

Authors: Alford Raphael, Rubesova Erika, Halabi Safwan, Blumenfeld Yair, Hintz Susan, Barth Richard

Keywords: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Lung head ratio, LHR, Fetal MRI, Lung volumes

Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation Volume Ratio (CVR) is widely used during prenatal ultrasound to predict outcome of fetuses with bronchopulmonary malformations (BPM). Since fetal MRI is often performed in fetuses with BPM, the aim of our study is to correlate CVR measurements by MRI and US, to compare inter-observer agreement of CVR measured by area-based MRI volume, diameter-based volume and to assess whether large lesions would be prone to more variability in CVRs among observers. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2017 Annual Meeting & Categorical Course , 2017

Authors: Emerson Miriam, Barth Richard, Rubesova Erika, Halabi Safwan, Rosenberg Jarrett, Hintz Susan, Blumenfeld Yair, Girsen Anna, Neves Stephanie, Homeyer Margaret

Keywords: Bronchopulmonary malformation, CVR, lung