This presentation will provide an academic radiologist's perspective on the potential impacts of MR fingerprinting approaches to clinical neuroradiology in the next 5 years.
“MR fingerprinting” captures the concept of deriving multiple intrinsic MRI properties of nervous tissue simultaneously using a single MRI sequence/acquisition. This goal challenges our assumptions about the underlying sources of MRI contrast. In the clinical realm, MR fingerprinting could prove to have profound impact on routine MRI protocols, workflow and scanner design. MR fingerprinting also leads to more accurate quantitative MRI across individual scans, locations and platforms. Improved quantitative MRI leads to us to new insights into neuroanatomy (e.g. to improve direct anatomic targeting in functional neurosurgery) and more objective biomarkers of pathology (e.g. for molecular profiling & detection of treatment response in brain tumors). Externally consistent accurate multiparametric MRI measurements also may reduce the subjective art of clinical neuroradiology.
OBJECTIVES:
Describe how MR fingerprinting may affect clinical protocols and workflow.
Describe possible current limitations to available MR fingerprinting approaches.
Describe examples of potential new applications for MR fingerprinting and quantitative approaches in clinical neuroradiology.