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. 2018 May;39(5):963–967. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5574

Table 3:

Median and reference limits (5th and 95th centiles) for MR imaging traits between 20 and 24 completed weeks of gestation

20 Weeks
21 Weeks
22 Weeks
23 Weeks
24 Weeks
5th 50th 95th 5th 50th 95th 5th 50th 95th 5th 50th 95th 5th 50th 95th
PCF 23.3 26.3 29.3 24.6 27.8 31.1 25.9 29.3 32.9 27.2 30.8 34.7 28.5 32.4 36.5
Cerebral FOD 46.7 51.2 56.4 50.1 54.8 60.2 53.4 58.4 64.1 56.8 62.0 67.9 60.2 65.5 71.7
Cerebral BPD 36.2 38.7 41.6 37.8 40.9 44.5 39.4 43.0 47.4 40.9 45.2 50.5 42.4 47.3 53.6
Vermian APD 5.5 6.3 7.2 6.0 6.8 7.8 6.4 7.3 8.4 6.8 7.8 9.0 7.2 8.3 9.6
Cerebellar LLD 18.2 19.9 21.8 19.1 21.1 23.4 20.1 22.4 25.0 21.0 23.6 26.6 21.9 24.9 28.3
Vermian CCD 7.7 9.0 10.0 8.3 9.8 10.9 8.9 10.6 11.9 9.5 11.4 12.8 10.1 12.1 13.8
CSA 63.7 71.0 79.9 63.6 71.6 81.5 63.4 72.1 83.2 63.2 72.7 85.0 63.1 73.2 86.8
LCC 13.3 15.3 17.1 14.7 17.1 19.2 16.0 18.9 21.4 17.3 20.7 23.6 18.6 22.5 25.8
LCC/cerebral FOD (%) 27.3 29.9 32.5 27.8 31.1 34.3 28.3 32.3 36.1 28.7 33.5 38.0 29.1 34.7 39.9
Thecal FOD 53.4 57.5 62.1 56.7 61.3 66.6 60.0 65.2 71.2 63.2 69.0 75.7 66.4 72.8 80.4
Thecal BPD 42.1 45.7 49.9 44.4 48.3 52.9 46.7 50.9 56.0 49.0 53.6 59.1 51.3 56.2 62.1
Mesencephalic APD 3.6 4.4 5.2 3.7 4.5 5.2 3.8 4.5 5.3 3.8 4.6 5.3 3.9 4.6 5.3
Pontine APD 5.5 6.2 6.9 5.7 6.5 7.3 6.0 6.8 7.7 6.3 7.1 8.0 6.5 7.4 8.4
Pontine CCD 6.3 7.1 7.9 6.5 7.4 8.3 6.7 7.7 8.7 6.8 8.0 9.0 7.0 8.2 9.4
Lateral ventricles 5.7 7.0 8.4 5.3 6.8 8.4 5.0 6.6 8.4 4.7 6.4 8.5 4.5 6.3 8.5

Note:—APD indicates antero-posterior diameter; BPD, biparietal diameter; CCD, cranio-caudal diameter; CSA, clivosupraoccipital angle; LCC, length of the corpus callosum; LLD, latero-lateral diameter; FOD, fronto-occipital diameter; PCF, latero-lateral diameter of the posterior cranial fossa.