Presentation 2012-09-07
Development of High-Fidelity Fetal Models based on MRI during the Second and Third Trimesters
Tomoaki NAGAOKA, Tetsu NIWA, Sonia DAHDOU, Joe WIART, Soichi WATANABE,
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Abstract(in English) Recently, there has been increasing concern regarding the safety of exposure to RF-EMFs in pregnant females and their fetuses. Therefore, we developed the high-quality computational models of human fetuses (20, 23, 26, 29, 32 and 33 weeks of gestation) in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. In this study, the sequence of fetal MRI is decided after considering the imaging resolution, scan time, and tissue contrast. We acquired fetal images by the 3D-ture-FISP sequence. The fetal models consist of approximately 20 different tissue types. These tissues were segmented by semiautomatic segmentation techniques and manual editing from acquired fetal images with fine resolution. The works were performed under the supervision of a pediatric radiologist. The number of tissues of these models is much more than that of existing fetal models.
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Keyword(in English) Computational Human Model / Fetus / Electromagnetic Dosimetry / SAR / MRI
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Conference Date 2012/8/31(1days)
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Title (in English) Development of High-Fidelity Fetal Models based on MRI during the Second and Third Trimesters
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Keyword(1) Computational Human Model
Keyword(2) Fetus
Keyword(3) Electromagnetic Dosimetry
Keyword(4) SAR
Keyword(5) MRI
1st Author's Name Tomoaki NAGAOKA
1st Author's Affiliation Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory National Institute of Information and Communications Technology()
2nd Author's Name Tetsu NIWA
2nd Author's Affiliation Department of Radiology Tokai University School of Medicine
3rd Author's Name Sonia DAHDOU
3rd Author's Affiliation Telecom ParisTech
4th Author's Name Joe WIART
4th Author's Affiliation Orange Labs
5th Author's Name Soichi WATANABE
5th Author's Affiliation Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Date 2012-09-07
Paper # EMCJ2012-52
Volume (vol) vol.112
Number (no) 201
Page pp.pp.-
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