Advances in pediatric neuroimaging

Brain Dev. 1998 Aug;20(5):275-89. doi: 10.1016/s0387-7604(98)00023-0.

Abstract

Magnetic resonance evaluation of the pediatric central nervous system is rapidly improving in a number of ways: (1) anatomically with higher resolution; (2) with greater sensitivity to pathological processes characterized by increased water content utilizing fluid attenuated inversion recovery imaging (FLAIR); (3) with greater speed of acquisition with ultrafast (1 s/image) and echo planar imaging techniques (50 ms/image); (4) with measurement of cerebral blood flow as perfusion; (5) with measurement of water proton dispersion (e.g. diffusion imaging); (6) with measurement of biochemical components within tissues with proton spectroscopy; and (7) with evaluation of cortical activation with functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Central Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Diagnostic Imaging / trends*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / trends
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Pediatrics / trends*