Functional MRI (fMRI) for preoperative language mapping of Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas in clinical pediatric epilepsy presents various challenges resulting in poor patient compliance. We hypothesized that higher fMRI success rates can be achieved using intensive patient preparation in a fMRI practice session using a mock MRI scanner. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2018 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2018

Authors: Long Alexander, Buskirk Tricia, Smith Mark, Krishnamurthy Ramkumar, Hu Houchun, Halverson Mark

Keywords: Epilepsy, fMRI, Mock Scanner

Free-breathing MRI scans are attractive in pediatric imaging as they reduce the need for sedation and breath-holds. In this work, we evaluate a 3D T1w radial "stack of stars" gradient echo (GRE) acquisition (RAVE-RAdial Volumetric Encoding) in post-contrast abdomen and spine protocols and compare results with conventional Cartesian MRI of similar spatial resolution and volume coverage. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2018 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2018

Authors: Hu Houchun, Block Kai Tobias, Benkert Thomas, Krishnamurthy Ramkumar, Smith Mark, Rusin Jerome, Young Cody, Adler Brent H., Milks Kathryn, Krishnamurthy Rajesh

Keywords: Motion Insensitive, Accelerated MRI, Free-Breathing MRI