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Brain imaging technologies provide critical insights into both the structure and function of the human brain, enabling medical professionals and researchers to diagnose, study, and treat neurological disorders or psychiatric disorders more effectively.
These technologies include computerized axial tomography (CAT or CT scans), positron-emission tomography (PET scans), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and Transcranial Magnetic...

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Making MR Imaging Child's Play - Pediatric Neuroimaging Protocol, Guidelines and Procedure

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Advanced pediatric neuroimaging.

Arastoo Vossough¹

¹Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. vossough@chop.edu.

Pediatric Radiology

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Advanced neuroimaging techniques like functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging enhance brain disorder diagnosis. This review covers their principles, clinical use, and acquisition for improved patient care.

Keywords:

Arterial spin labeling Brain Children Diffusion tensor imaging Functional magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic resonance imaging Perfusion imaging

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Area of Science:

Neuroimaging
Radiology
Medical Physics

Background:

Conventional MRI has limitations in characterizing complex brain disorders.
Advanced magnetic resonance neuroimaging (MRI) techniques offer superior depiction and characterization capabilities.
These advanced techniques serve as crucial adjuncts to standard MRI sequences.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the basic principles and clinical utility of advanced MRI techniques.
To provide a general framework for acquiring these advanced neuroimaging sequences.
To highlight recent advances in clinical MRI acquisition protocols.

Main Methods:

Review of clinical functional MRI (fMRI) for presurgical planning.
Overview of clinical diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and related techniques.
Discussion of dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) perfusion imaging and arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion imaging.

Main Results:

Advanced MRI techniques provide enhanced visualization and characterization of brain pathologies.
Clinical utility is demonstrated across various applications, including presurgical planning and disease assessment.
Key factors affecting image quality and acquisition protocols are outlined.

Conclusions:

Advanced MRI techniques are essential for comprehensive brain disorder evaluation.
Understanding acquisition principles and quality factors is vital for effective clinical application.
Ongoing advances continue to improve the clinical utility of these neuroimaging modalities.