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. 2020 Oct 5;11:4992. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18790-1

Fig. 4. Whole heart 4D blood flow in a healthy fetus.

Fig. 4

Volumetric 4D flow renders showing three-directional flow velocity vectors in subject ID03 (healthy fetus 24+2 weeks gestational age) overlaid on 4D magnitude cine renders, during end-ventricular systole. a Aortic arch view showing blood flow vectors emerging from the ascending aorta (AAo), flowing around the arch and through the descending aorta (DAo). b Long-axis view showing blood flow through the crossing AAo and pulmonary artery (PA). c Right-sided view showing right atrium (RA) inflow from the superior vena cava (SVC) and inferior vena cava (IVC), which subsequently mixes and passes through to the right ventricle (RV) before flowing out of the pulmonary artery (PA). See Supplementary information for movies of the views in this figure.