Current state of perinatal postmortem magnetic resonance imaging: European Society of Paediatric Radiology questionnaire-based survey and recommendations.

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BACKGROUND: Postmortem magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in perinatal and childhood deaths is increasingly used as a noninvasive adjunct or alternative to autopsy. Imaging protocols vary between centres and consensus guidelines do not exist. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to develop practical, standardised recommendations for perinatal postmortem MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Recommendations were based on the results of two surveys regarding local postmortem MRI practices sent electronically to all 14 members of the European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR) Postmortem Imaging Task Force and 17 members of the International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging Task Force (25 different centres). RESULTS: Overall, 11/14 (78.6%) respondents from different institutions perform postmortem MRI. All of these centres perform postmortem MRI for perinatal and neonatal deaths, but only 6/11 (54.5%) perform imaging in older children. CONCLUSION: We propose a clinical standard for postmortem MRI sequences plus optional sequences for neuroimaging and cardiac anatomy depending on available scanning time and referral indications.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Whitby, E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8912-8013 Offiah, A.C. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8991-5036 Shelmerdine, S.C. van Rijn, R.R. Aertsen, M. Klein, W.M. Perry, D. Goergen, S.K. Abel, C. Taranath, A. Gascho, D. Miller, E. Arthurs, O.J.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© The Author(s) 2020. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Keywords:	Consensus recommendations; Foetal; Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perinatal; Postmortem; Protocol; Survey
Dates:	Accepted: 9 November 2020 Published (online): 23 December 2020 Published: 2021
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2021 10:59
Last Modified:	14 Mar 2023 15:07
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1007/s00247-020-04905-9
Related URLs:	PubMed URL
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:169419

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Current state of perinatal postmortem magnetic resonance imaging: European Society of Paediatric Radiology questionnaire-based survey and recommendations.

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