Whole-body MRI in children: Current status and future applications

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-298

  Darge, Kassa ^a   Jaramillo, Diego ^a   Siegel, Marilyn J ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; MRI; Whole body

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; BONE; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

AGE GROUPS; BODY FATS; BONE MARROWS; CHILDREN; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CURRENT STATUSES; DIAGNOSTIC POTENTIALS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; IMAGING; INVERSION RECOVERIES; MAXIMUM COVERAGES; MRI; MULTIFOCAL; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; POSITRON EMISSIONS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SCAN PLANES; TIME USING; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; WHOLE BODY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY FAT; BONE CANCER; BONE MARROW; BONE NECROSIS; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; MYOPATHY; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; WHOLE BODY MRI;

AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 54149120227     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Schaefer J.F., and Schlemmer H.P. Total-body MR-imaging in oncology. Eur Radiol 16 (2006) 2000-2015
2. Kavanagh E., Smith C., and Eustace S. Whole-body turbo STIR MR imaging: controversies and avenues for development. Eur Radiol 13 (2003) 2196-2205
3. O'Connell M.J., Hargaden G., Powell T., et al. Whole-body turbo short tau inversion recovery MR imaging using a moving tabletop. AJR 179 (2002) 866-868
4. Laffan E.E., O'Connor R., Ryan S.P., et al. Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging: a useful additional sequence in paediatric imaging. Pediatr Radiol 34 (2004) 472-480
5. Goo H.W., Choi S.H., Ghim T., et al. Whole-body MRI of paediatric malignant tumours: comparison with conventional oncological imaging methods. Pediatr Radiol 35 (2005) 766-773
6. Hirsch W., Krohmer S., Kluge R., et al. Preliminary results in whole-body MRI in children-a prospective study. Pediatr Radiol 35 (2005) S 89
7. Johnson K.M., Leavitt G.D., and Kayser H.W. Total-body MR imaging in as little as 18 s. Radiology 202 (1997) 262-267
8. Daldrup-Link H.E., Franzius C., Link T.M., et al. Whole-body MR imaging for detection of bone metastases in children and young adults: comparison with skeletal scintigraphy and FDG PET. AJR 177 (2001) 229-236
9. Mazumdar A., Siegel M.J., Narra V., et al. Whole-body fast inversion recovery MR imaging of small cell neoplasms in pediatric patients: a pilot study. AJR 179 (2002) 1261-1266
10. Schmidt G.P., Reiser M.F., and Baur-Melnyk A. Whole-body imaging of the musculoskeletal system: the value of MR imaging. Skeletal Radiol 36 (2007) 1109-1119
11. Disler D.G., McCauley T.R., Ratner L.M., et al. In-phase and out-of-phase MR imaging of bone marrow: prediction of neoplasia based on the detection of coexistent fat and water. AJR 169 (1997) 1439-1447
12. Thomas E.L., Saeed N., Hajnal J.V., et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of total body fat. J Appl Physiol 85 (1998) 1778-1785
13. Hawighorst H., Libicher M., Knopp M.V., et al. Evaluation of angiogenesis and perfusion of bone marrow lesions: role of semiquantitative and quantitative dynamic MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging 10 (1999) 286-294
14. Hansen T., Wikström J., Eriksson M.O., et al. Whole-body magnetic resonance angiography of patients using a standard clinical scanner. Eur Radiol 16 (2006) 147-153
15. Foster K., Chapman S., and Johnson K. MRI of the marrow in the paediatric skeleton. Clin Radiol 59 (2004) 651-673
16. Siegel M.J., and Luker G.D. Bone marrow imaging in children. MRI Clin North Am 4 (1996) 771-796
17. Meyer J.S., Siegel M.J., Farooqui S.O., et al. Which MRI sequence of the spine best reveals bone-marrow metastases of neuroblastoma?. Pediatr Radiol 35 (2005) 778-785
18. Posch T.J., and Puckett M.L. Marrow MR signal abnormality associated with bilateral avulsive cortical irregularities in a gymnast. Skeletal Radiol 27 (1998) 511-514
19. Fletcher B.D. Effects of pediatric cancer therapy on the musculoskeletal system. Pediatr Radiol 27 (1997) 623-636
20. Shabshin N., Schweitzer M.E., Morrison W.B., et al. High-signal T2 changes of the bone marrow of the foot and ankle in children: red marrow or traumatic changes?. Pediatr Radiol 36 (2006) 670-676
21. Kellenberger C.J., Epelman M., Miller S.F., et al. Fast STIR whole-body MR imaging in children. Radiographics 24 (2004) 1317-1330
22. Kumar J., Seith A., Bakhshi S., et al. Multifocal non-Hodgkin lymphoma in an infant with cardiac involvement: whole-body MR imaging. Pediatr Radiol 37 (2007) 321-324
23. Lauenstein T.C., Goedhe S.C., Herborn C.U., et al. Whole-body imaging: evaluation of patients for metastases. Radiology 233 (2004) 139-148
24. Brennan D.D., Gleeson T., Coate L.E., et al. A comparison of whole-body MRI and CT for the staging of lymphoma. AJR 185 (2005) 711-716
25. Harisinghani M.G., Barentsz J., Hahn P.F., et al. Noninvasive detection of clinically occult lymph-node metastases in prostate cancer. N Engl J Med 348 (2003) 2491-2499
26. Rockall A.G., Sohaib S.A., Harisinghani M.G., et al. Diagnostic performance of nanoparticle-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of lymph node metastases in patients with endometrial and cervical cancer. J Clin Oncol 23 (2005) 2813-2821
27. Ribeiro R.C., Fletcher B.D., Kennedy W., et al. Magnetic resonance imaging detection of avascular necrosis of the bone in children receiving intensive prednisone therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia or non-Hodgkin lymphoma.javascript:AL_get(this, 'jour', 'Leukemia.'). Leukemia 15 (2001) 891-897
28. Karimova E.J., Rai S.N., Ingle D., et al. MRI of knee osteonecrosis in children with leukemia and lymphoma: part 2, clinical and imaging patterns. AJR 186 (2006) 477-482
29. Beer M., Stenzel M., Girschick H., et al. Whole body MR imaging in children with osteonecrosis after intensive chemotherapy: preliminary results. Rofo 180 (2008) 238-245
30. Jurik A.G. Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 8 (2004) 243-253
31. Girschick H.J., Zimmer C., Klaus G., et al. Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis: what is it and how should it be treated?. Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol 3 (2007) 733-738
32. Butter F., Pohle C., Girschick H., et al. Chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis (CNO): findings in the initial diagnostic imaging. Eur Radiol 14 Suppl. 2 (2004) 297 [B-775]
33. Trusen A., Beissert M., Schultz G., et al. Ultrasound and MRI features of pyomyositis in children. Eur Radiol 13 (2003) 1050-1055
34. Tomasová Studynková J., Charvát F., Jarosová K., et al. The role of MRI in the assessment of polymyositis and dermatomyositis. Rheumatology 46 (2007) 1174-1179
35. O'Connell M.J., Powell T., Brennan D., et al. Whole-body MR imaging in the diagnosis of polymyositis. AJR 179 (2002) 967-971
36. Hargaden G., O'Connell M., Kavanagh E., et al. Current concepts in whole-body imaging using turbo short tau inversion recovery MR imaging. AJR 180 (2003) 247-252
37. Farber J.M., and Buckwalter K.A. MR imaging in nonneoplastic muscle disorders of the lower extremity. Radiol Clin North Am 40 (2002) 1013-1031
38. Wunderbaldinger P., Paya K., Partik B., et al. CT and MR imaging of generalized cystic lymphangiomatosis in pediatric patients. AJR 174 (2000) 827-832
39. Yang D.H., and Goo H.W. Generalized lymphangiomatosis: radiologic findings in three pediatric patients. Korean J Radiol 7 (2006) 287-291
40. Gouedard C., Dupré-Goetghebeur D., Gagneur A., et al. Neonatal haemangiomatosis in identical twins with twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Ann Dermatol Venereol 134 (2007) 863-866
41. Lin J., Chen B., Wang J.H., et al. Whole-body three-dimensional contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) angiography with parallel imaging techniques on a multichannel MR system for the detection of various systemic arterial diseases. Heart Vessels 21 (2006) 395-398
42. Griffiths P.D., Paley M.N., and Whitby E.H. Post-mortem MRI as an adjunct to fetal or neonatal autopsy. Lancet 365 (2005) 1271-1273
43. Alderliesten M.E., Peringa J., van der Hulst V.P., et al. Perinatal mortality: clinical value of postmortem magnetic resonance imaging compared with autopsy in routine obstetric practice. BJOG 110 (2003) 378-382
44. Griffiths P.D., Variend D., Evans M., et al. Postmortem MR imaging of the fetal and stillborn central nervous system. AJNR 24 (2003) 22-27
45. Huisman T.A., Wisser J., Stallmach T., et al. MR autopsy in fetuses. Fetal Diagn Ther 17 (2002) 58-64 javascript:PopUpMenu2_Set(Menu11803219).
46. Siegel M.J., Hildebolt C.F., Bae K.T., et al. Total and intraabdominal fat distribution in preadolescents and adolescents: measurement with MR imaging. Radiology 242 (2007) 846-856
47. O'Neill B., Simha V., Kotha V., et al. Body fat distribution and metabolic variables in patients with neonatal progeroid syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 143 (2007) 1421-1430
48. Brennan D.D., Whelan P.F., Robinson K., et al. Rapid automated measurement of body fat distribution from whole-body MRI. AJR 185 (2005) 418-423
49. Mürtz P., Krautmacher C., Träber F., et al. Diffusion-weighted whole-body MR imaging with background body signal suppression: a feasibility study at 3.0 Tesla. Eur Radiol 17 (2007) 3031-3037
50. Takahara T., Imai Y., Yamashita T., et al. Diffusion weighted whole body imaging with background body signal suppression (DWIBS): technical improvement using free breathing, STIR and high resolution 3D display. Radiat Med 22 (2004) 275-282
51. Ballon D., Watts R., Dyke J.P., et al. Imaging therapeutic response in bone marrow using rapid whole-body MRI. Magn Reson Med 52 (2004) 1234-1238