Non-contrast enhanced functional lung MRI in children: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lung is well suited for repeated measurements especially in children due to the absence of ionizing radiation. Furthermore, non-contrast-enhanced (NCE) functional MRI techniques provide localized functional information on ventilation and perfusion without specialized set-ups (e.g., hyperpolarized gases) using standard clinical MRI systems. Current NCE-MRI techniques in the pediatric setting are matrix-pencil decomposition (MP)-MRI, phase-resolved functional lung (PREFUL)-MRI, self-gated non-contrast-enhanced functional lung (SENCEFUL)-MRI and Fourier decomposition (FD)-MRI. In this article, we comprehensively discuss these innovative techniques.

Study design

We review relevant functional NCE-MRI techniques based on a systema

SUBMITTER: Streibel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12322896 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature