Elective one-minute full brain multi-contrast MRI versus brain CT in pediatric patients: a prospective feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Brain CT can be used to evaluate pediatric patients with suspicion of cerebral pathology when anesthetic and MRI resources are scarce. This study aimed to assess if pediatric patients referred for an elective brain CT could endure a diagnostic fast brain MRI without general anesthesia using a one-minute multi-contrast EPI-based sequence (EPIMix) with comparable diagnostic performance.

Methods

Pediatric patients referred for an elective brain CT between March 2019 and March 2020 were prospectively included and underwent EPIMix without general anesthesia in addition to CT. Three readers (R1-3) independently evaluated EPIMix and CT images on two separate occasions. The two main study outcomes were the tolerance to undergo an EPIMix scan without general anesthesia and

SUBMITTER: De Luca F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10809606 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature