Current Applications of Susceptibility Weighted Images in Pediatric Neurological Diseases

ConclusionIts high susceptibility for blood products, iron depositions, and calcifications makes susceptibility-weighted imaging an important additional sequence for the diagnostic workup of pediatric brain pathologic abnormalities that should be routinely added in our department. Compared with conventional MRI sequences, susceptibility-weighted imaging may show lesions with better detail and higher sensitivity. Familiarity with the pediatric susceptibility-weighted imaging signal variance is essential to prevent misdiagnosis.
Source: QJM - Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research