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Pediatric protocols using Deep Resolve

Children are not small adults – they suffer from different types of disease than adults, they demonstrate a different physiology as well as behavior. This has a direct impact on the way we image them. To support the care of your youngest patients1 renowned experts in pediatric MR imaging share their optimized protocols. Because speed is essential when imaging kids, these protocols use acceleration based on Deep Resolve and Deep Resolve Boost & Sharp.

If you need pediatric protocols but do not yet have the Deep Resolve technology, please go to:

Faster, Sharper, Smarter: Pediatric Neuro MRI with Deep Resolve

Suraj D. Serai, Ph.D. and Arastoo Vossough, M.D., Ph.D.
(Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA)

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Download representative CHOP pediatric brain and spine protocols for 3T MAGNETOM systems and software version VA60:

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Contact

Suraj D. Serai, Ph.D.
Department of Radiology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA
serais@chop.edu

Brain, spine, abdomen, whole-body protocols

For 1.5T XB10 systems (MAGNETOM Sola)

Protocols including Deep Resolve 3D for SPACE and VIBE – new with XB10


Brain SPACE protocols

For 3T XB10 Systems (MAGNETOM Vida)

Protocols including Deep Resolve 3D – new with XB10

   

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Sedation-Free Pediatric Neuroimaging with Deep Learning-Reconstructed Deep Resolve 3D MR Sequences

Bac Nguyen, BSc (Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway)

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Contact

Bac Nguyen, BSc
Senior MRI radiographer
Oslo University Hospital
Sognsvannsveien 20
0372, Oslo
Norway
s.magnetic.vlog@gmail.com

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Brain Image
Brain Image
Image of a female pelvis
Image of a 3 year olds spine
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Brain, spine, long bone, liver, extremity protocols 

For 1.5T MAGNETOM Sola (syngo MR XA61) and 3T MAGNETOM systems (syngo MR XA60)

Including protocols for brain under 6 months, brain headache, brain developmental, brain MS, brain TLE, intracranial infection, stroke, c-spine trauma, spine scoliosis, spine discitis, long bone infection, extremity tumor, liver.

Protocols partially optimized to be quieter (quiet mode)

The protocols are following recommendations from:
Ferraciolli SF et al. International standardization of pediatric magnetic resonance imaging protocols: creation of the World Federation of Pediatric Imaging MR Protocols Committee. Pediatr Radiol. 2025;55(3):375–383. doi: 10.1007/s00247-024-06154-6.


Head, spine, pelvis, and lower extremities protocols

For 1.5T MAGNETOM Sola and 3T MAGNETOM Vida (syngo MR XA51)

Case study scanning faster - pdf preview

Scanning Faster: Application in Pediatric Neuroimaging

Michael Kean, Chief MR Technologist at The Royal Children’s Hospital / Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

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Contact

Michael Kean, FISMRT
Chief MR Technologist Children’s MRI and PET Centre, Department of Medical Imaging
Honorary Fellow, Developmental Imaging, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne Royal Children’s Hospital
Flemington Road
Parkville
Australia
Michael.Kean@rch.org.au

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3 way Axial FLAIR - 4-11 vs 3-20 DL Boost with sharp

Brain Axial FLAIR in a 16 y/o patient: conventional (left, TA: 4:11) 
vs Deep Resolve Boost and Sharp (right, TA: 3:20)

3 way Axial FLAIR - 4-11 vs 3-20 DL Boost with sharp
Axial T1 SE - 4-07 vs 2-01
Axial T2 3 vs 2
Cor FLAIR 3-51 vs 3-13
Cor T2 pit 3-39 vs 2-18
Spine axial T2 - 4-51 vs 2-59
Spine sag T1 FLAIR 4-48 vs 2-41
Spine sag T2 cervical - 4 vs 2
Spine sag thoracic 4-14 vs 2-12
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Brain and spine protocols

for 3T MAGNETOM Vida (syngo MR XA50)

Acknowledgement 
Imaging protocols courtesy of Arastoo Vossough, M.D., Ph.D. (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA). 
Dr. Vossough is an adult and pediatric neuroradiologist in the Department of Radiology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He holds the Larissa T Bilaniuk Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuroradiology Research.

MSK protocols

for 3T MAGNETOM Vida (syngo MR XA50)
Sedation-Free Musculoskeletal MRI Using Deep Resolve

Acknowledgement
Imaging protocols courtesy of Bac Nguyen, BSc. Bac Nguyen is Lead MRI Radiographer at Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
He publishes pearls & pitfalls on MRI on his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@Nguyen_MRI.

Bac Nguyen

Contact

Bac Nguyen, BSc
Senior MRI radiographer
Sognsvannsveien 20
0372, Oslo
Norway
bac.nguyen@aristra.com

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MR scanning has not been established as safe for imaging fetuses and infants less than two years of age. The responsible physician must evaluate the benefits of the MR examination compared to those of other imaging procedures.