Education… Imaging benign soft tissue lesions of the foot 30 May 2019 Authors: Shruti Moholkar, FRCR, Jasdev S. Sawhney, DNB, FRCR, and Raj Bhatt, MD, FRCR in Applied Radiology This review considers imaging features of palpable lesions around the foot that are…
Education… Postnatal evaluation of infants with an abnormal antenatal renal sonogram 29 May 2019 Abstract Purpose of review Antenatally detected renal abnormalities are frequently encountered. Recommended postnatal evaluation of these infants has evolved to minimize invasive testing while maximizing detection of significant abnormalities. Recent…
Education… Basic heart examination: feasibility study of first-trimester systematic simplified fetal echocardiography. 25 May 20192 Jun 2019 Abstract OBJECTIVE: First-trimester fetal cardiac screening examinations in low-risk populations should not have to meet the specifications required for high-risk populations. Our aim was to evaluate a simplified fetal echocardiographic ('basic heart') examination for…
Education… Prediction of delivery of small-for-gestational-age neonates and adverse perinatal outcome by fetoplacental Doppler at 37 weeks’ gestation. 20 May 201917 May 2019 Abstract OBJECTIVE: To explore the predictive capacity of fetoplacental Doppler at 37 weeks' gestation in identifying small-for-gestational-age (SGA) neonates, fetal growth restriction (FGR) and adverse perinatal outcome. METHODS: This was…
Education… Maternal hemodynamics, fetal biometry and Doppler indices in pregnancies followed up for suspected fetal growth restriction. 18 May 201917 May 2019 Abstract OBJECTIVES: To assess whether, in a cohort of patients with a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) fetus with estimated fetal weight ≤ 10th percentile, maternal hemodynamics, fetal biometry and Doppler indices at presentation can…
Education… Common Findings in Late-Gestation Fetal Echocardiography. 17 May 2019 Abstract OBJECTIVES: Fetal echocardiography provides detailed information about cardiac structure and function in utero. Limited information is available regarding normal findings late in pregnancy. We therefore sought to identify and describe common…
Education… Ultrasound Elastography: Review of Techniques and Clinical Applications. 16 May 2019 Abstract Elastography-based imaging techniques have received substantial attention in recent years for non-invasive assessment of tissue mechanical properties. These techniques take advantage of changed soft tissue elasticity in various pathologies to yield qualitative and quantitative information that…
Education… Accuracy of Micro-Computed Tomography in Post-mortem Evaluation of Fetal Congenital Heart Disease. Comparison Between Post-mortem Micro-CT and Conventional Autopsy. 15 May 2019 Abstract Aims: Early prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease is feasible. Conventional autopsy is the current gold standard method for post-mortem confirmation. Radiologic techniques alternative to conventional autopsy, such as post-mortem…
Education… Change in diagnostic confidence brought about by using in utero MRI for fetal structural brain pathology: analysis of the MERIDIAN cohort. 14 May 2019 Abstract AIM: To measure possible change in diagnostic confidence by performing in utero magnetic resonance imaging (iuMRI) studies on fetuses with brain abnormalities recognised on ultrasonography (US). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The analyses…
Education HYPOXIA AND PLACENTAL DEVELOPMENT 13 May 2019 Abstract Hemochorial placentation is orchestrated through highly regulated temporal and spatial decisions governing the fate of trophoblast stem/progenitor cells. Trophoblast cell acquisition of specializations facilitating invasion and uterine spiral artery…
Education… Quantification of liver herniation in fetuses with isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia using two‐dimensional ultrasonography 12 May 2019 Abstract Objectives To describe a method of quantifying the amount of liver herniation in fetuses with isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) using two‐dimensional ultrasonography and to correlate this finding with…
Education… Normative biometry of the fetal brain using magnetic resonance imaging. 8 May 2019 Abstract The fetal brain shows accelerated growth in the latter half of gestation, and these changes can be captured by 2D and 3D biometry measurements. The aim of this study was to…
Education… Screening for fetal growth restriction with universal third trimester ultrasonography in nulliparous women in the Pregnancy Outcome Prediction (POP) study: a prospective cohort study. 7 May 2019 Abstract BACKGROUND: Fetal growth restriction is a major determinant of adverse perinatal outcome. Screening procedures for fetal growth restriction need to identify small babies and then differentiate between those that…
Education… Reduced growth velocity across the third trimester is associated with placental insufficiency in fetuses born at a normal birthweight: a prospective cohort study 6 May 2019 Citation: MacDonald TM, Hui L, Tong S, Robinson AJ, Dane KM, Middleton AL, Walker SP. Reduced growth velocity across the third trimester is associated with placental insufficiency in fetuses born…
Education… Placental malperfusion in response to intrauterine inflammation and its connection to fetal sequelae 22 Apr 201922 Apr 2019 Read the complete article at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214951
Education… Evaluation of right ventricular function in fetuses with hypoplastic left heart syndrome using tissue Doppler techniques 30 Mar 2019 Read the complete article at: https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/uog.14736
Education Supervisors’ perspective on medical thesis projects and dropout rates: survey among thesis supervisors at a large German university hospital 27 Mar 2019 Read the complete article at: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/10/e012726.long This is an open access article published in BMJ Open
Education… MRI and M/EEG studies of the White matter development of human fetuses and infants: review and opinion 26 Mar 2019 Read the complete article at : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5928537/
Diagnostic tests… Sonographic examination of the fetal central nervous system: guidelines for performing the basic examination & the fetal neurosonogram 14 Mar 201914 Mar 2019 ISUOG GUIDELINES 2007 Read the published article at https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/uog.3909
Education… Fractional Fetal Thigh Volume in the prediction of normal and abnormal growth during third trimester of pregnancy 13 Mar 201913 Mar 2019 Read the complete article: https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(17)30760-3/fulltext
Education… Online Workshop on Dissertation Writing 12 Mar 201913 Mar 2019 Online Workshop on Dissertations: An initiative by AMMA Education Research Foundation AMMA Education Research Foundation announces the next batch for “Online Dissertation Writing Support” as part of its mission to…
Education Journal Club: Low Dose CT in the prenatal evaluation of skeletal dysplasias and other severe skeletal abnormalities 27 Jan 201927 Jan 2019 Citation: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013 May;200(5):989-1000. doi: 10.2214/AJR.12.9722. Low-dose fetal CT in the prenatal evaluation of skeletal dysplasias and other severe skeletal abnormalities. Victoria T, Epelman M, Coleman BG,…
Education What is new in Foetal Ultrasound? Talk by Dr. Rijo Mathew at Chandigarh 2019 National IRIA meet 25 Jan 201927 Jan 2019 What is New in Foetal UltrasoundDownload A talk by Dr Rijo Mathew at the National IRIA meet at Chandigarh 2019
Education… Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Hands on Workshop on December 8 & 9, 2018 17 Oct 201817 Oct 2018
Education… Fetal Abdomen & Thorax: Talk by Dr.M. Sunitha at Fetal Radiology Conference, Kochi 30 Sep 2018 Sharing the slides of the talks presented by Dr. Sunitha Maddula at the Fetal Radiology National Conference at Kochi, 2018. The material is shared only as an educational resource. Please…
Education… Fetal Neurosonogram: Talk by Dr. Neelam Jain at Fetal Radiology Conference, Kochi, 2018 29 Sep 201829 Sep 2018 Pleased to share the presentation of Dr. Neelam Jain, a SIG leader, on Fetal Neurosonograms, at the Fetal Radiology Conference at Kochi, 2018. This presentation is shared as an educational…
Education… IRIA call for Training Institutes, India 29 Sep 2018 To, All the Members of IRIA Dear Esteemed Member, Greetings from IRIA HQ! In the Central Council Meeting of IRIA held on 22nd July, 2018, it was decided that…
Education… India Specific Research and Changing Paradigms of Fetal Radiology India: Talk at the Fetal Radiology Conference, Kochi 2018 27 Sep 201827 Sep 2018 Sharing the slides of the presentation by Dr. Praveen Nirmalan, Chief Research Mentor, AMMA Education Research Foundation, at the Fetal Radiology Conference held at Kochi on 22 & 23 September,…
Education… Post Graduate Research Dissertations on Fetal Radiology: Formation of Dedicated Special Interest Group- India 26 Aug 2018 Fetal Radiology India, under the aegis of IRIA & ICRI , announce the setting up of a dedicated Special Interest Group focused on development and support for high quality dissertations…
