Donnelly Lane F
Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, MLC 5031, Cincinnati, OH, 45229-3039, USA.
Radiology. 2005 Sep;236(3):768-78. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2363040306. Epub 2005 Jul 12.
Cine magnetic resonance (MR) imaging sleep studies have become a useful tool in the evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea in children with certain categories of pathologic conditions. In this article, the author describes a program for the use of cine MR sleep studies in the evaluation of children with obstructive sleep apnea. The following areas are discussed: clinical indications, patient preparation, anatomic considerations, MR technique, technical issues, image interpretation, commonly encountered diagnoses, volume segmentation processing of data, and controversial areas.
电影磁共振(MR)成像睡眠研究已成为评估某些病理状况儿童阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停的有用工具。在本文中,作者描述了一项关于使用电影MR睡眠研究评估阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停儿童的方案。讨论了以下方面:临床适应症、患者准备、解剖学考量、MR技术、技术问题、图像解读、常见诊断、数据的容积分割处理以及存在争议的领域。