HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Figures Only Full Text Full Text (PDF) Submit a response Alert me when this article is cited Alert me when eLetters are posted Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Jelacic, S. Articles by Weinberger, E. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Jelacic, S. Articles by Weinberger, E. Related Collections Magnetic Resonance Imaging Neuroradiology Pediatric Radiology

Interactive Digital MR Atlas of the Pediatric Brain¹

¹ From the Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center and the University of Washington School of Medicine, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105 (S.J., E.W.); and Reed College, Portland, Ore (D.d.R.). Recipient of a Certificate of Merit award for an education exhibit at the 2004 RSNA Annual Meeting. Received January 24, 2005; revision requested April 29 and received June 21; accepted June 22. Supported in part by the Clifford A. Garl Radiology and Medical Imaging Education Fund. All authors have no financial relationships to disclose. Address correspondence to E.W. (e-mail: vankleek{at}u.washington.edu).

The interpretation of magnetic resonance (MR) images of the pediatric brain may require consultation of an atlas to determine if a perceived finding represents an abnormality. However, most hard-copy atlases show only a few levels of the brain at selected points of time in myelination, and therefore a simultaneous comparison of different age groups is difficult with a hard-copy approach. The authors believe that a digital atlas of the normal pediatric brain may be a more efficient way to present this information and that correct interpretation of potential abnormalities may be facilitated by the online atlas they have created (available for free download from http://radiology.seattlechildrens.org/teaching/pediatricbrainatlas). Images for the atlas were derived from Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine–compliant data sets from brain MR imaging in patients younger than 4 years. The images were interpreted as normal with respect to the appearance of the brain parenchyma. The software program used for viewing the atlas, written in C#, incorporates many features of a picture archiving and communication system viewer, such as linked scrolling and resizing. Simultaneous comparison of cases also is possible. The digital atlas facilitates learning about normal changes in the MR appearance of the pediatric brain, and it may be used during online interpretation of cases on a picture archiving and communication system.

© RSNA, 2006