A multipurpose, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis-specific, short MRI protocol: A feasibility study in volunteers.

Yulia M Shcherbakova¹, Peter P G Lafranca², Wouter Foppen³, Tijl A van der Velden⁴, Rutger A J Nievelstein³, Rene M Castelein², Keita Ito⁵, Peter R Seevinck⁴, Tom P C Schlosser²

¹Department of Radiology, Image Sciences Institute, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. Electronic address: Y.M.Shcherbakova@umcutrecht.nl.

²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

³Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Division Imaging & Oncology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

⁴Department of Radiology, Image Sciences Institute, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; MRIguidance B.V., Utrecht, Netherlands.

⁵Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands.

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Visualization of scoliosis typically requires ionizing radiation (radiography and CT) to visualize bony anatomy. MRI is often additionally performed to screen for neural axis abnormalities. We propose a 14-minutes radiation-free scoliosis-specific MRI protocol, which combines MRI and MRI-based synthetic CT images to visualize soft and osseous structures in one examination. We assess…

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