Figure 2.
Orientation of major fetal vessel cross-sectional slices in coronal, sagittal, and axial reference localizer images showing expected vessel arrangement in healthy human fetuses. AAo, ascending aorta; Ao, aorta; DAo, descending aorta; DA, ductus arteriosus; IVC, inferior vena cava; LPA, left pulmonary artery; LV, left ventricle; MPA, main pulmonary artery; RPA, right pulmonary artery; RV, right ventricle; SVC, superior vena cava; UV, umbilical vein. Figure and caption adapted with permission from MRI of Fetal and Maternal Diseases in Pregnancy. Springer, Cham. 2016. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-21428-3_10.