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ArticleThe British journal of radiology2018

High resolution isotropic diffusion imaging in post-mortem neonates: a feasibility study.

Amy R McDowell, Susan C Shelmerdine, David W Carmichael, Owen J Arthurs

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Article in The British journal of radiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amy R McDowell1 UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health , London , UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4886-6191
Susan C Shelmerdine2 Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK.
David W Carmichael1 UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health , London , UK.
Owen J Arthurs2 Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK.
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Department of Health CDF-2017-10-037Department of Health NIHR-CS-012-002Medical Research Council MR/R002118/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objective: To investigate the potential of advanced diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) in post-mortem MRI (PMMR) at 3T.

methods: We acquired PMMR brain and body imaging in 12 neonates, mean gestational age 33.4 weeks (range 29-37 weeks) at 3T and 1.5T. Head and body diffusion imaging at 1.5T consisted of bipolar diffusion encoding and single-shot spin-echo echo-planar imaging (SE-EPI) for acquisition (echo time (TE) 96 ms; repetition time (TR) 2700 ms; voxel size 1.8 x 1.8 mm in-plane with slice thickness 5 mm; b-values of 500 and 1000 s/mm

results: There was significant improvement in image quality in multiband, multislice diffusion PMMR protocol. On visual assessment of image quality, 1.5T DWI scored poorly (mean 2.4 SD ± 0.47), and all 3T b-values individually scored significantly higher (p < 0.001) apart from b = 250 s/mm

conclusion: Recent advances in diffusion sequences and hardware utilising higher field strengths and gradient performance allows whole-body diffusion PMMR imaging at high resolution with improved image quality compared to the current clinical approach. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE:: We have demonstrated feasibility of a multislice, multiband quantitative diffusion imaging sequence in the perinatal post-mortem setting. This will allow more detailed and quantitative clinical PMMR investigations using diffusion MRI in the future.

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Diffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingInfant, NewbornAutopsyFeasibility StudiesGestational AgeHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedInfant, PrematurePerinatal Death

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PMID30004808
PMCPMC6319861
OpenAlexW2883394421

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