title: Harnessing Neuroimaging Capability in Pediatric Stroke: Proceedings of the Stroke Imaging Laboratory for Children Workshop.
abstract: On June 5, 2015 the International Pediatric Stroke Study and the Stroke Imaging Laboratory for Children cohosted a unique workshop focused on developing neuroimaging research in pediatric stroke. Pediatric neurologists, neuroradiologists, interventional neuroradiologists, physicists, nurse practitioners, neuropsychologists, and imaging research scientists from around the world attended this one-day meeting. Our objectives were to (1) establish a group of experts to collaborate in advancing pediatric neuroimaging for stroke, (2) develop consensus clinical and research magnetic resonance imaging protocols for pediatric stroke patients, and (3) develop imaging-based research strategies in pediatric ischemic stroke. This article provides a summary of the meeting proceedings focusing on identified challenges and solutions and outcomes from the meeting. Further details on the workshop contents and outcomes are provided in three additional articles in the current issue of Pediatric Neurology.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: nomazulu.dlamini@sickkids.ca.
authors.forename: Nomazulu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dlamini
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wintermark
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fullerton
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biophysics, Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strother
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Developmental Neurosciences and Child Health, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bjornson
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Kristin P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Guilliams
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kirton
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York; Department of Neurology, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont.
authors.forename: Christopher G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Filippi
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linds
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Rand
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Askalan
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Gabrielle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: deVeber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods; D010372:Pediatrics; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic
keywords: MRI; cerebrovascular reactivity; diffusion; neuroimaging; pediatric; perfusion; stroke