Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
Volume 68, Issue 2, Pages 278-288Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.05.017
Keywords
MRI; Lung; Children; Lung diseases
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Lung diseases of children often need diagnostic imaging beyond X-ray. Although CT is considered the gold standard of lung imaging, M RI is sufficient to answer most of the questions raised. After all, the exposure to radiation Caused by one CT examination corresponds to approximately the effective dose of 200 chest radiographs. What is MRI's potential in the lung today? In diseases with alveolar pathology, cardiac- and respiratory-triggered MRI examinations are roughly equivalent to CT'examinations. Distinct interstitial processes are easily diagnosable using MRI. Early interstitial processes may be missed by MRI, but conventional plain films fail to recognize them just as often. For identification of lung metastases, CT is still used as the initial diagnostic measure. Subsequent therapy monitoring may then be carried out with the help of MRI. Small bullae and Pulmonary emphysema at present pose a problem to MRI. On the other hand, MRI is reliable for follow-up examinations in inflammatory diseases or for imaging of complications, and the increased use of lung MRI as an alternative to chest CT may contribute immensely to reducing radiation exposure in children. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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