Placental contractions in uncomplicated pregnancies (IMAGE)

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Placental contractions in uncomplicated pregnancies

Caption

Uterine and placental changes during an example placental contraction. The top row shows axial MRI images at selected times points before, during and after a placental contraction (indicated by vertical lines on the graph below) with segmentations shown below. Changes in placental and non-placental volumes, wall areas and placental R2* (all measured across the whole volume of the uterus, not just the single slice shown) are plotted underneath. The legend indicates the colours used for the lines in the plots and the regions indicated in the segmentation.

Credit

Dewick et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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