Susceptibility‐weighted imaging to evaluate normal and abnormal vertebrae in fetuses: A preliminary study

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) in visualizing normal and abnormal fetal vertebrae in vivo and in utero. METHODS: Ninety-seven women with normal fetal vertebrae and 127 women suspected fetal vertebral anomalies on ultrasound were included in our study. SWI, true fast imaging with steady state precession (TrueFISP), and half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo (HASTE) of the fetal spine …