This session will explore strategies for image acquisition and analysis aimed at enhancing the clinical management of fetuses and infants. Discussions will delve into the interplay between placental function and fetal brain development, alongside the repercussions of hypoxic stress.
Dr. Ellen Grant,
Harvard Medical School
Moreover, the session will highlight the burgeoning role of artificial intelligence (AI) in advancing fetal anomaly detection and characterizing fetal neuromotor development. Illustrations will be provided on how multimodal approaches can refine neonatal outcome prediction in hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), as well as the complexities encountered in AI applications for neonatal MRI-based outcome prediction in HIE. Additionally, the significance of large public datasets will be underscored, showcasing how AI-driven brain age estimation, developed using such datasets, holds promise in identifying potential modifiable risk factors for disease.
Dr. Ellen Grant is the Käthe Beutler, MD Harvard Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School. She is a practicing Pediatric Neuroradiologist, Director of Faculty Affairs for the Department of Radiology, Director of Research for the Fetal Care and Surgery Center and founding Director of the Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center (FNNDSC) in the Departments of Pediatrics and Radiology. The FNNDSC currently has over 70 members with 17 faculty and 7 postdoctoral students. Dr. Grant is a Senior Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), received the Outstanding Contributions in Research Award from the American Society of Neuroradiology in 2021 and received the Gold Medal Award from the American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology in 2022. She has published over 300 articles, has an h-index of 78 with over 24,000 citations and is PI on 9 major NIH awards.