Fetal brain maceration score on postmortem magnetic resonance imaging vs. conventional autopsy.

Nico Hustings Yannick Thonissen Lesley CockmartinKoen VanderseypenMarcella Baldewijns Luc de Catte Dietmar Rudolf Thal Michael Aertsen

Published in: Pediatric radiology (2022)

We present a brain-specific postmortem MRI maceration score that correlates well with the degree of fetal brain maceration seen at histopathological exam. The score is reliably reproduced by different observers with different experience.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
resting state
white matter
functional connectivity
contrast enhanced
cerebral ischemia
multiple sclerosis
magnetic resonance