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Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pediatric Patients: Evaluation with Cine MR Sleep Studies¹

¹ From the Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, MLC 5031, Cincinnati, OH, 45229-3039. Received February 16, 2004; revision requested April 21; final revision received July 19; accepted August 4. Address correspondence to the author (e-mail: Lane.Donnelly{at}cchmc.org).

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.

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