Whole-body diffusion magnetic resonance imaging with simultaneous multi-slice excitation in children and adolescents.
Pediatr Radiol
; 53(7): 1485-1496, 2023 06.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) is an increasingly used guideline-based imaging modality for oncological and non-oncological pathologies during childhood and adolescence. While diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), a part of WB-MRI, enhances image interpretation and improves sensitivity, it also requires the longest acquisition time during a typical WB-MRI scan protocol. Interleaved short tau inversion recovery (STIR) DWI with simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) acquisition is an effective way to speed up examinations.OBJECTIVE:
In this study of children and adolescents, we compared the acquisition time, image quality, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of an interleaved STIR SMS-DWI sequence with a standard non-accelerated DWI sequence for WB-MRI. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Twenty children and adolescents (mean age 13.9 years) who received two WB-MRI scans at a maximum interval of 18 months, consisting of either standard DWI or SMS-DWI MRI, respectively, were included. For quantitative evaluation, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) was determined for b800 images and ADC maps of seven anatomical regions. Image quality evaluation was independently performed by two experienced paediatric radiologists using a 5-point Likert scale. The measurement time per slice stack, pause between measurements including shim and total measurement time of DWI for standard DWI and SMS-DWI were extracted directly from the scan data.RESULTS:
When including the shim duration, the acquisition time for SMS-DWI was 43% faster than for standard DWI. Qualitatively, the scores of SMS-DWI were higher in six locations in the b800 images and four locations in the ADC maps. There was substantial agreement between both readers, with a Cohen's kappa of 0.75. Quantitatively, the SNR in the b800 images and the ADC maps did not differ significantly from one another.CONCLUSION:
Whole body-MRI with SMS-DWI provided equivalent image quality and reduced the acquisition time almost by half compared to the standard WB-DWI protocol.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Imagem Corporal Total
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatr Radiol
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article
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Alemanha