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Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16014437 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2363040306
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Radiology ISSN: 0033-8419 Impact factor: 11.105