Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy can detect a lecithin signal from human fetal lung in utero: A potentially noninvasive technique for fetal lung maturity testing

Lecithin can be detected by volume-selec

Lecithin can be detected by volume-selected proton MR spectroscopy using a 1·5T whole body scanner: a potentially non-invasive method for the prenatal assessment of fetal lung maturity

✍ Bradford W. Fenton; Chin-Shoou Lin; Frank Seydel; Christian Macedonia 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 102 KB 👁 2 views

The prenatal determination of fetal lung maturity is currently assessed by chemical analysis of surfactant associated lipids from amniotic fluid obtained by amniocentesis. This is an invasive procedure with rare but occasionally serious morbidity. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a non-invas