[Value of turbo-spin-echo sequences in cerebral magnetic resonance tomography in children].
OBJECTIVE
The value of turbo-spin-echo (TSE) sequences was compared with conventional spin-echo (SE) and inversion-recovery (IR) sequences for cerebral MRT in 70 children at 0.5 T and 1.5 T. In addition we evaluated whether proton weighted sequences (PD) were diagnostically important and in what proportion of cases.


METHODS
Conventional T1 and T2 weighted SE and T2 weighted TSE sequences were used in all children. An IR sequence was performed in 39 patients. The various sequences were analysed semiquantitatively with regard to image quality, artifacts and the demonstration of normal and anatomical structures and pathological findings.


RESULTS
By any criteria, TSE sequences were superior to conventional T2 weighted SE sequences at 0.5T and 1.5 T, requiring a shorter examination time (35-53%). In 8.6% the pathological finding was best seen on PD-SE sequences (5 glial scars, 1 tumor).


CONCLUSIONS
Although TSE sequences are better than T2 SE sequences with regard to image quality and the demonstration of abnormalities, conventional double-echo SE sequences (with PD and T2 weighted images) cannot be entirely replaced by T2 weighted TSE sequences in children.
Kreft
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B
Radiologische Kilinik, Universität, Bonn.
Kuhl
C
C
Keller
E
E
Schömer
M
M
Haghir-Schömer
M
M
Gieseke
J
J
Haverkamp
F
F
Schild
H
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*
Zum Wert von Turbo-Spin-Echo-Sequenzen in der zerebralen Magnetresonanztomographie bei Kindern.