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Review
. 2007 Aug;37(8):789-97.
doi: 10.1007/s00247-007-0462-9. Epub 2007 May 9.

Magnetic resonance imaging protocols for paediatric neuroradiology

Dawn E Saunders  1 , Clare Thompson, Roxanne Gunny, Rod Jones, Tim Cox, Wui Khean Chong
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Review

Magnetic resonance imaging protocols for paediatric neuroradiology

Dawn E Saunders et al. Pediatr Radiol. 2007 Aug.

Abstract

Increasingly, radiologists are encouraged to have protocols for all imaging studies and to include imaging guidelines in care pathways set up by the referring clinicians. This is particularly advantageous in MRI where magnet time is limited and a radiologist's review of each patient's images often results in additional sequences and longer scanning times without the advantage of improvement in diagnostic ability. The difficulties of imaging small children and the challenges presented to the radiologist as the brain develops are discussed. We present our protocols for imaging the brain and spine of children based on 20 years experience of paediatric neurological MRI. The protocols are adapted to suit children under the age of 2 years, small body parts and paediatric clinical scenarios.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Axial images acquired through the bodies of the lateral ventricles of a 6-month-old child. First (a) and second (b) echo (TE 30/120 ms, TR 5,500 ms, TI 130 ms) of a dual-echo short-tau sequence shows the increased contrast between grey and white matter on the second echo compared to (c) the T2-W (TE 90 ms, TR 3,500 ms) sequence that would be used in those over 2 years of age. The slice thickness (5 mm) and matrix size (512 × 192) were the same for both sequences
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