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Advanced MR Techniques in Pediatric Neuroradiology: What Is Ready for Clinical Prime Time?

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For an advanced MR technique to be ready for clinical prime time, (1) it must reliably detect abnormalities in individuals, not just provide statistical group differences; (2) processed images must be available rapidly; (3) acquisition times must be reasonable; and (4) time required by professional or supporting staff to create relevant images must be financially sustainable. Also ideally individual differences are visible on an image for the most rapid adaption in clinical practice. In this chapter diffusion imaging, MR spectroscopy, arterial spin labeling, fetal triplane reconstruction, and quantitative T1 and T2 imaging will be discussed, and examples where these sequences have clinical utility in individual pediatric patients will be provided.

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Grant, P.E. (2016). Advanced MR Techniques in Pediatric Neuroradiology: What Is Ready for Clinical Prime Time?. In: Hodler, J., Kubik-Huch, R., von Schulthess, G. (eds) Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine 2016-2019. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30081-8_32

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