Onur Afacan1, Burak Erem1, Diona P. Roby1, Noam Roth2, Amir Roth2, Sanjay P. Prabhu1, and Simon K. Warfield1
1Radiology, Boston Childrens Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States, 2Robin Medical Inc., Baltimore, MD, United States
In
this work we report results from a large pediatric study that shows
the effect of motion. Motion patterns were measured on 82 children,
mean age 13.4 years, in a T1 weighted brain MRI. An expert
radiologist graded the images using a 4-point scale ranging from
clinically non-diagnostic to no motion artifacts. We used these
grades to correlate motion parameters such as maximum motion, mean
displacement from a reference point and motion free time. The results
will help the motion correction community in better understanding
motion patterns in pediatric populations and how it effects image
quality.