Abstract #4561

3D Water-Fat MRI Detection of Developmental Maturity in Fetal Adipose Tissue Compartments

Stephanie A Giza¹, Tianna L Koreman², Barbra de Vrijer^3,4, and Charles A McKenzie^1,4

¹Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ³Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁴Division of Maternal, Fetal and Newborn Health, Children's Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada

Fetal adipose tissue begins development at different gestational ages in different regions of the body. Proton density fat fraction (PDFF) increases with gestational age as fetal adipocytes fill with lipid. The PDFF was found to be significantly different in different regions of the body in mid-late gestation fetuses.

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