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The aim of this study was to measure fetal ocular development and to determine a growth curve by means of measurementsin utero. Fetal ocular development was recorded by analysis of the results of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). An anatomic study allowed definition of the best contrasted MRI sequences for calculation of the ocular surface. Biometric analysis of the values of the ocular surface in the neuro-ocular plane in 35 fetuses allowed establishment of a linear model of ocular growth curvein utero. Evaluation of ocular development may allow the detection and confirmation of malformational ocular anomalies such as microphthalmia.
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Le but de cette étude est de mesurer la croissance oculaire fœtale et de déterminer une courbe à l'aide de mesuresin utero. La croissance oculaire fœtale a été établie par l'analyse des images obtenues en imagerie par résonance magnétique (IRM). L'étude anatomique a permis de définir les meilleures séquences contrastées en IRM pour calculer la surface oculaire. L'analyse biométrique des valeurs de la surface oculaire dans le plan neuro-oculaire de 35 fœtus nous a permis d'établir une modélisation linéaire de la courbe de croissance oculaire in utero. L'évaluation de la croissance oculaire peut permettre de déceler et de confirmer des anomalies malformatives oculaires comme les microphtalmies.
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Brémond-Gignac, D.S., Benali, K., Deplus, S. et al. In utero eyeball development study by magnetic resonance imaging. Surg Radiol Anat 19, 319–322 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01637602
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