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ReviewNeuroImage2019

Challenges in pediatric neuroimaging.

Matthew J Barkovich, Yi Li, Rahul S Desikan, A James Barkovich, Duan Xu

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In one paragraph

Review in NeuroImage, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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64citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Individualized Network Topography in Pre-adolescent Children and Adults Using Naturalistic Precision fMRI.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  9. Structural equation modeling of findings in pediatric tele-neuroradiology: a 2-year nationwide study of turnaround time predictors and clinical decision support.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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  16. Analytic Bounds on GAMLSS Model Variability of Normative White Matter Brain Charts.Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering · 2026
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4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Matthew J BarkovichDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of California, San Francisco 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room L352, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, United States. Electronic address: matthew.barkovich@ucsf.edu.
Yi LiDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of California, San Francisco 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room L352, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, United States.
Rahul S DesikanDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of California, San Francisco 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room L352, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, United States.
A James BarkovichDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of California, San Francisco 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room L352, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, United States; UCSF-Benioff Children's Hospital, 1975 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158, United States.
Duan XuDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of California, San Francisco 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room L352, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, United States; UCSF-Benioff Children's Hospital, 1975 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158, United States.

Funding

Repair in High Risk Newborns with Congential Heart DiseaseP01NS082330 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI XU, DUAN · 2014 to 2018
$6.0M
Biomedical Imaging for Clinician ScientistsT32EB001631 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI THOMAS M LINK · 2005 to 2026
$5.6M
Development of Advanced Techniques for MR of the Newborn BrainR01EB009756 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BARKOVICH, ANTHONY JAMES, XU, DUAN · 2009 to 2013
$5.5M
Towards Baby Brain Connectome: a Study of Newborn Brain NetworksR01HD072074 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HESS, CHRISTOPHER PAUL, XU, DUAN · 2013 to 2017
$3.0M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB009756NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB001631NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD072074NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS082330
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric neuroimaging is challenging due the rapid structural, metabolic, and functional changes that occur in the developing brain. A specially trained team is needed to produce high quality diagnostic images in children, due to their small physical size and immaturity. Patient motion, cooperation and medical condition dictate the methods and equipment used. A customized approach tailored to each child's age and functional status with the appropriate combination of dedicated staff, imaging hardware, and software is key; these range from low-tech techniques, such as feed and swaddle, to specialized small bore MRI scanners, MRI compatible incubators and neonatal head coils. New pre-and post-processing techniques can also compensate for the motion artifacts and low signal that often degrade neonatal scans.

Indexed as

BrainChildFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleNeuroimagingFetal imagingMRINeonatal imagingPediatric neuroimaging

Identifiers

PMID29684645
PMCPMC6197938

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