Human placental perfusion measured using dynamic contrast enhancement MRI.
Benjamin DeloisonChloé J ArthuisGabriel BenchimolDaniel BalvayLaurence BussieresAnne-Elodie MillischerDavid GréventCécile ButorGihad E ChalouhiHouman MahallatiOlivier HélénonBertrand TavitianOlivier ClementYves VilleNathalie SiauveLaurent Julien SalomonPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Measuring placental perfusion in vivo is possible using DCE MRI. Although this study has many limitations it gives us the first DCE MRI values that provide a potential standard for future research into placental perfusion methods and suggests that placental functional parameters are altered in IUGR pregnancies.