Retrospective Study of Image Quality in Pediatric Cardiac Cine MRI

Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi
Toshi MatsushitaMitsugi Honda

Abstract

In pediatric cardiac cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), it must overcome several challenges including the patient's size and higher heart rate. The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate imaging optimization. Cardiac cine MRI data from 24 patients was analyzed (age range: 3 months-10 years, average age: 5 years, male/female: 11/13, R-R interval: 450±4 to 819±7 ms). About 11 cases out of 24 have good image quality. For small variations in the R-R interval and higher temporal resolution improved image quality with significant difference (P<0.05, Mann-Whitney U-test). In this study, values of temporal resolution <30 ms yielded good image quality for heart rates over 100 bpm. On the other hands, the factors dependent on the patient like heart rate and ejection fraction have no significant difference. The segmentation of data acquisition is more significant than recording small fields of view or thin slices for infantile and pediatric cardiac cine MRI. Similar to adult cases, variations in heart rate affect the image quality; however, we demonstrated that using segmentation of data acquisition results in improved image quality.

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