In the “women’s imaging” research area, the laboratory is developing tools for women-specific MRI adaptations.
The first objective is to improve breast cancer screening with MRI. We are proposing a new paradigm in which MRI scans are performed on the back. This will enable the examination to be carried out under the same conditions as for breast biopsy and surgery, and will also make it more comfortable for patients.
The second objective is to develop MRI to monitor pregnancy. MRI could improve the monitoring of pregnancies by enabling more precise characterization of biometric measurements and placental function.
Non-rigid motion corrected reconstruction: example in breast MRI
Ex-vivo MRI angiography of a human placenta
In-vivo imaging of placental function
Collaborators
University of Vienna (Austria)
Funding
- BreastInnov project (Inserm 2023-24)
- BraCoil project (ANR PRCI France-Austria, 2017-21)
Selected papers
- Feasibility of online non-rigid motion correction for high-resolution supine breast MRI. Magn Reson Med. 2023 Jun 28. doi: 10.1002/mrm.29768.
- One-millimeter isotropic breast diffusion-weighted imaging: Evaluation of a superresolution strategy in terms of signal-to-noise ratio, sharpness and apparent diffusion coefficient. Magn Reson Med. 2019 Apr;81(4):2588-2599. doi: 10.1002/mrm.27591.
- First trimester screening for pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction using three-dimensional Doppler angiography (SPIRIT): protocol for a multicentre prospective study in nulliparous pregnant women. Bertholdt C, Hossu G, Banasiak C, Beaumont M, Morel O. BMJ Open. 2020 Oct 19;10(10):e037751. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037751.
- Ex vivo magnetic resonance angiography to explore placental vascular anatomy. Chen B, Duan J, Chabot-Lecoanet AC, Lu H, Tonnelet R, Morel O, Beaumont M. Placenta. 2017 Oct;58:40-45. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2017.08.00