Spinal dysraphism Myelomeningocele/myeloschisis Lipomyelomeningocele Meningocele Split cord malformation or diastematomyelia Terminal myelocystocele Caudal regression syndrome Segmental spinal dysgenesis Congenital spinal neoplasms such as teratoma, dermoid/epidermoid, hamartomas Complex syndromes/constellation of anomalies…

Fig. 13.1 Uterine contraction in a 27-year-old at 6 weeks gestation referred for abdominopelvic MRI. Coronal (a) and axial (b) T2-weighted images demonstrate the early intrauterine pregnancy. No embryonic parts…

Fig. 22.1 An intravenous urogram from the archives showing the dilated right ureter tapering as it passes between the pelvic brim and the gravid uterus The hormonal theory is that…

Fig. 10.1 Metric optimized gating. A synthetic trigger with longer R-R interval is used to acquire the k-space data. Hypothetic trigger locations are then retrospectively applied to the data and…

Fig. 9.1 (a) Coronal SSFSE T2w image of a fetal chest at 24 weeks gestation with intermediate signal lung parenchyma. Note the fluid-filled trachea and bronchi (b). Coronal SSFSE T2w…

Fig. 7.1 Macrocephaly. (a, b) Sagittal and coronal T2 single-shot haste (SSH) MR images demonstrate an enlarged head secondary to a large left-sided extra-axial hematoma (white arrows) Fig. 7.2 CLOVES…

Parameter Balanced gradient echo sequence (FIESTA, true FISP, SBSSFP) T2 half-Fourier sequence (HASTE) T1 3D FS gradient echo sequence DWI Axial Coronal/sagittal Axial/axial BFS Coronal/sagittal Axial/sagittal Axial/sagittal Repetition time/echo time…

Fig. 2.1 Displaced bowel loops in pregnant patients. Left: A 19-week pregnant patient with Crohn’s disease. The sigmoid colon (arrow) is displaced by the pregnancy upward and to the left….

Fig. 18.1 Routine non-contrast MR sequences in the evaluation of abdominal and pelvic pain in the pregnant patient. Example of axial T2-weighted single-shot echo train spin echo image (a) demonstrates…

  Localizer T2 SSFSE T2 2D SSFSE T2 2D SSFSE T2 2D FS FSE T1 2D SPGR Dixon DWI b50, 600 T1 3D SPGR FS Plane of acquisition Axial, coronal,…