Chest examinations in children with real-time magnetic resonance imaging: first clinical experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based on a fast low-angle shot technique 2.0 (FLASH 2.0) is highly effective against artifacts caused due to the bulk and pulmonary and cardiac motions of the patient. However, to date, there are no reports on the application of this innovative technique to pediatric lung MRI.

Objective

This study aimed to identify the limits of resolution and image quality of real-time lung MRI in children and to assess the types and minimal size of lesions with these new sequences.

Materials and methods

In this retrospective study, pathological lung findings in 87 children were classified into 6 subgroups, as detected on conventional MRI: metastases and tumors, consolidation, scars, hyperinflation, interstitial pathology and bron

SUBMITTER: Hirsch FW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9816257 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature