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Whole-Body MRI in Children: Current Imaging Techniques and Clinical Applications
Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used in children to evaluate the extent and distribution of various neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases. Not using ionizing radiation is a major advantage of pediatric whole-body MRI. Coronal and sagittal short tau inversion recovery ima...
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The Korean Society of Radiology
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26355493 http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2015.16.5.973 |
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description | Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used in children to evaluate the extent and distribution of various neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases. Not using ionizing radiation is a major advantage of pediatric whole-body MRI. Coronal and sagittal short tau inversion recovery imaging is most commonly used as the fundamental whole-body MRI protocol. Diffusion-weighted imaging and Dixon-based imaging, which has been recently incorporated into whole-body MRI, are promising pulse sequences, particularly for pediatric oncology. Other pulse sequences may be added to increase diagnostic capability of whole-body MRI. Of importance, the overall whole-body MRI examination time should be less than 30-60 minutes in children, regardless of the imaging protocol. Established and potentially useful clinical applications of pediatric whole-body MRI are described. |
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spelling | pubmed-45597942015-09-09 Whole-Body MRI in Children: Current Imaging Techniques and Clinical Applications Goo, Hyun Woo Korean J Radiol Pediatric Imaging Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used in children to evaluate the extent and distribution of various neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases. Not using ionizing radiation is a major advantage of pediatric whole-body MRI. Coronal and sagittal short tau inversion recovery imaging is most commonly used as the fundamental whole-body MRI protocol. Diffusion-weighted imaging and Dixon-based imaging, which has been recently incorporated into whole-body MRI, are promising pulse sequences, particularly for pediatric oncology. Other pulse sequences may be added to increase diagnostic capability of whole-body MRI. Of importance, the overall whole-body MRI examination time should be less than 30-60 minutes in children, regardless of the imaging protocol. Established and potentially useful clinical applications of pediatric whole-body MRI are described. The Korean Society of Radiology 2015 2015-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4559794/ /pubmed/26355493 http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2015.16.5.973 Text en Copyright © 2015 The Korean Society of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Pediatric Imaging Goo, Hyun Woo Whole-Body MRI in Children: Current Imaging Techniques and Clinical Applications |
title | Whole-Body MRI in Children: Current Imaging Techniques and Clinical Applications |
title_full | Whole-Body MRI in Children: Current Imaging Techniques and Clinical Applications |
title_fullStr | Whole-Body MRI in Children: Current Imaging Techniques and Clinical Applications |
title_full_unstemmed | Whole-Body MRI in Children: Current Imaging Techniques and Clinical Applications |
title_short | Whole-Body MRI in Children: Current Imaging Techniques and Clinical Applications |
title_sort | whole-body mri in children: current imaging techniques and clinical applications |
topic | Pediatric Imaging |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26355493 http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2015.16.5.973 |
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