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Evaluation of image quality of brain injury in preterm infants by pediatric 3.0 T special magnetic resonance imaging
LIU Ying  HUO Ran  LIU Jianfang  LIAO Yi  LIU Yunfeng  ZHAO Qiang  NING Gang  YUAN Huishu 

Cite this article as: Liu Y, Huo R, Liu JF, et al. Evaluation of image quality of brain injury in preterm infants by pediatric 3.0 T special magnetic resonance imaging[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2022, 13(3): 61-65. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.03.012.


[Abstract] Objective To compare the brain image quality of preterm infants evaluated by 3.0 T pediatric special magnetic resonance and 3.0 T whole-body magnetic resonance, so as to evaluate the application value of 3.0 T pediatric special magnetic resonance in brain imaging of preterm infants.Materials and Methods Brain imaging scanning was performed on 3.0 T pediatric special magnetic resonance and 3.0 T whole-body magnetic resonance respectively. The acquisition sequence included conventional sequence and diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) sequence. The image quality of the two groups of T2 weighted imaging (T2WI) sequence was subjectively scored, and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of 3D T1 weighted imaging (T1WI) and ADC value of DWI were measured.Results The subjective score showed that the image quality of 3.0 T pediatric MRI was equivalent to that of 3.0 T whole-body MRI, which met the needs of clinical diagnosis. The SNR of bilateral frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital gray matter, white matter, midbrain and cerebellum were not significantly different from that of whole-body MRI (P＞0.05); There was no significant difference of ADC values in bilateral frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital lobes between 3.0 T pediatric MRI and 3.0 T whole-body MRI (P＞0.05).Conclusions There is no difference in subjective score and SNR between 3.0 T pediatric special MRI and 3.0 T whole-body MRI, and CNR is equivalent to or better than 3.0 T whole-body MRI, indicating that the new equipment has broad clinical application prospects.
[Keywords] premature infant；brain injury；magnetic resonance imaging；special for pediatrics；diffusion weighted imaging

LIU Ying1   HUO Ran1   LIU Jianfang1   LIAO Yi2   LIU Yunfeng3   ZHAO Qiang1   NING Gang2   YUAN Huishu1*  

1 Department of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China

2 Department of Radiology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China

3 Department of pediatrics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China

Yuan HS, E-mail: huishuy@bjmu.edu.cn

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS National Key Research and Development Plan "Digital Diagnosis and Treatment Equipment Research and Development" Key Specialty (2017YFC0109005).
Received  2021-08-13
Accepted  2022-03-11
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.03.012
Cite this article as: Liu Y, Huo R, Liu JF, et al. Evaluation of image quality of brain injury in preterm infants by pediatric 3.0 T special magnetic resonance imaging[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2022, 13(3): 61-65. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.03.012.

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