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Making MR Imaging Child's Play - Pediatric Neuroimaging Protocol, Guidelines and Procedure
Published on: July 30, 2009
Pretherapeutic functional magnetic resonance imaging in children
Lucie Hertz-Pannier1, Marion Noulhiane1, Sebastian Rodrigo1
1UMR 1129, INSERM, Paris Descartes University, CEA-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France; UNIACT/Neurospin, I2BM, DSV, CEA-Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France.
Abstract:
In this article, some specificities of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in children (eg, blood-oxygen-level-dependent response and brain maturation, paradigm design, technical issues, feasibility, data analysis) are reviewed, the main knowledge on presurgical cortical mapping in children (motor, language, reading, memory) is summarized, and the emergence of resting state fMRI in presurgical cortical mapping is discussed.
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