title: Pediatric whole-body MRI: A review of current imaging techniques and clinical applications.
abstract: There are many congenital, neoplastic, inflammatory, and infectious processes in the pediatric patient for which whole-body imaging may be of benefit diagnostically and prognostically. With recent improvements in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) hardware and software and resultant dramatically reduced scan times, imaging of the whole body with MRI has become a much more practicable technique in children. Whole-body MRI can provide a high level of soft tissue and skeletal detail while avoiding the exposure to ionizing radiation inherent to computed tomography and nuclear medicine imaging techniques. This article reviews the more common current whole-body MRI techniques in children and the primary pathologies for which this imaging modality may be most useful to the radiologists and referring clinicians. J. MAGN. RESON. IMAGING 2016;44:783-793.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Children's Health Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. joseph.davis@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kwatra
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Children's Health Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Gary R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Schooler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D051598:Whole Body Imaging / Q000379:methods*
keywords: pediatric MRI; whole body MRI