eprintid: 10102896 rev_number: 25 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/10/28/96 datestamp: 2021-06-04 15:22:17 lastmod: 2021-09-19 22:57:20 status_changed: 2021-06-04 15:22:17 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Slator, PJ creators_name: Ho, A creators_name: Bakalis, S creators_name: Jackson, L creators_name: Chappell, LC creators_name: Alexander, DC creators_name: Hajnal, JV creators_name: Rutherford, M creators_name: Hutter, J title: Anisotropy in the Human Placenta in Pregnancies Complicated by Fetal Growth Restriction ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F48 note: © The Author(s) 2021 Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), 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 chapter are included in the chapter's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the chapter'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. abstract: The placenta has a unique structure, which enables the transfer of oxygen and nutrients from the mother to the developing fetus. Abnormalities in placental structure are associated with major complications of pregnancy; for instance, changes in the complex branching structures of fetal villous trees are associated with fetal growth restriction. Diffusion MRI has the potential to measure such fine placental microstructural details. Here, we present in-vivo placental diffusion MRI scans from controls and pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction. We find that after 30 weeks’ gestation fractional anisotropy is significantly higher in placentas associated with growth restricted pregnancies. This shows the potential of diffusion MRI derived measures of anisotropy for assessing placental function during pregnancy. date: 2021-02-11 date_type: published publisher: Springer official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56215-1_13 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1793960 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-56215-1_13 isbn_13: 9783030562144 lyricists_name: Alexander, Daniel lyricists_name: Slator, Patrick lyricists_id: DALEX06 lyricists_id: PJSLA44 actors_name: Dewerpe, Marie actors_id: MDDEW97 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Mathematics and Visualization place_of_pub: Cham, Switzerland pagerange: 263-276 issn: 2197-666X book_title: Anisotropy Across Fields and Scales. Mathematics and Visualization editors_name: Özarslan, E editors_name: Schultz, T editors_name: Zhang, E editors_name: Fuster, A citation: Slator, PJ; Ho, A; Bakalis, S; Jackson, L; Chappell, LC; Alexander, DC; Hajnal, JV; ... Hutter, J; + view all <#> Slator, PJ; Ho, A; Bakalis, S; Jackson, L; Chappell, LC; Alexander, DC; Hajnal, JV; Rutherford, M; Hutter, J; - view fewer <#> (2021) Anisotropy in the Human Placenta in Pregnancies Complicated by Fetal Growth Restriction. In: Özarslan, E and Schultz, T and Zhang, E and Fuster, A, (eds.) Anisotropy Across Fields and Scales. Mathematics and Visualization. (pp. pp. 263-276). Springer: Cham, Switzerland. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10102896/1/Slator_2021_Chapter_AnisotropyInTheHumanPlacentaIn.pdf