High signal in bone marrow at diffusion-weighted imaging with body background suppression (DWIBS) in healthy children

摘要

Background In our experience, diffusion-weighted imaging with body background suppression (DWIBS) is hard to interpret in children who commonly have foci of restricted diffusion in their skeletons unrelated to pathology, sometimes in an asymmetrical pattern. This raises serious concern about the accuracy of DWIBS in cancer staging in children.