Apparent diffusion coefficient measurements of the fetal brain during the third trimester of pregnancy: how reliable are they in clinical practice?

The objective of this study was to determine the reproducibility, the inter‐hemispheric difference and the reference apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of the fetal brain according to gestational age.

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