Three-dimensional rotational angiography of neurovascular lesions in pediatric patients.
OBJECTIVE
In this pictorial essay, we review the 3D rotational angiography (RA) studies of six pediatric patients; in these cases, the information obtained with 3D RA was uniquely beneficial in diagnosis and treatment planning.


CONCLUSIONS
Three-dimensional RA is an excellent tool for the evaluation of a number of intracranial lesions in pediatric patients: There is less total radiation exposure from a single rotational run than from CT or a conventional angiography examination that involves more than one view and the study is quick, with data acquisition requiring less than 8 sec and fully rendered 3D reconstructions generated within 180 sec.
Racadio
John M
JM
Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA. john.racadio@cchmc.org
Fricke
Bradley L
BL
Jones
Blaise V
BV
Donnelly
Lane F
LF
D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007223:Infant; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*