Infant MRI Acquisition & Safety Issues
Jian Yang1,2, Xianjun Li1,2, and Chao Jin1,2
1Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, 2Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Computational Imaging and Medical Intelligence, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
1Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, 2Shaanxi Engineering Research Center of Computational Imaging and Medical Intelligence, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
Synopsis
Keywords: Cross-organ: Neonatal, Image acquisition: Motion correction, Cross-organ: Development
Infant MRI is challenging due to their immaturity, small physical size, and motion artifact. A customized approach tailored to each baby's age and functional status with appropriate combination of dedicated procedure, imaging hardware and software is key. This presentation summarizes several technical and clinical approaches that can help to ensure safety and decrease the need for sedation in infants. These range from feeding and swaddling to specialized small bore scanners and coils, MRI compatible incubators, and noise-reduction methods. New pre- and post-processing techniques with artiļ¬cial intelligence can also decrease both scan time and motion artifacts to enable a successful scan.
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