Abstract
We report a summary of developmental work to explore, develop, and establish clinical applications of real-time magnetic resonance imaging (rtMRI) with a temporal resolution of 70 frames/second in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS). Real-time MRI can contribute to procedure planning, diagnostics, rehabilitation, monitoring, and patient education. At present, conventional MRI is used extensively in the diagnosis, staging, and follow up of head and neck cancer patients, with scanning durations typically of several minutes and temporal resolution of up to 0.5 frames/second. The potential for rtMRI, where function can be assessed, could go far beyond the established clinical application of conventional MRI. Preliminary prototyping is a first stage in the establishment of rtMRI in OMFS. We follow best-practice approaches in co-creation across multiple disciplines, an indispensable aspect in the development of new methodologies and diagnostic tools.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 596-603 |
| Journal | British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 25 Oct 2021 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 25 Oct 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We acknowledge funding of our work by a grant from the Centre for Future Health at the University of York (ref: 204829) and by a grant from the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons’ Endowments Committee. We are grateful to our volunteers for their patience and cooperation with our numerous scanning requests. We thank D. West, York, and A. Fichter and M. Nieberler, Munich, for discussion and comments.
Funding Information:
We acknowledge funding of our work by a grant from the Centre for Future Health at the University of York (ref: 204829) and by a grant from the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons? Endowments Committee. We are grateful to our volunteers for their patience and cooperation with our numerous scanning requests. We thank D. West, York, and A. Fichter and M. Nieberler, Munich, for discussion and comments. Ethical approval has been obtained in accordance with the rules and regulations for projects running under the funding scheme of the Centre for Future Health, University of York. No identifiable patient/volunteer information. All healthy volunteers in rtMRI scanning sessions gave written consent to participate and were fully informed about the sessions, their role, and the purpose of the project.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Keywords
- Diagnostics
- Eye movement
- MRI
- Oral cancer
- Procedure planning
- Real-time MRI
- Rehabilitation
- Speech
- Swallowing