Pediatric Radiology: Page 41

AIUM: Lung US can handle diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia
By Erik L. Ridley
ORLANDO, FL - Lung ultrasound can serve as the first-line imaging modality for diagnosing pneumonia in children, avoiding chest x-rays in many cases, according to research presented on Monday at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) annual meeting.
March 23, 2015
MRI tops liver biopsy in measuring iron in sick kids
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI of the liver is more accurate than liver biopsy in determining total body iron balance in patients with sickle-cell disease and other disorders that might require blood transfusion therapy.
March 19, 2015
Cincinnati Children's scans mummy from Peru
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cincinnati Children's Hospital said that it used x-ray, CT, and 3D printing to learn new information about a 500-year-old child mummy from Peru.
March 17, 2015
Rad onc group issues pediatric lymphoma guideline
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group has issued a guideline on the use of 3D CT-based radiation therapy planning and volumetric image guidance to treat pediatric Hodgkin's lymphoma.
March 5, 2015
Advanced brain MRI provides insights into brain malformations
By Cynthia E. Keen
When a child is born with a serious brain-related defect, understanding the cause and its impact at the earliest stages of life is of utmost importance. Advanced MRI techniques are yielding clinically exciting discoveries and valuable information.
March 4, 2015
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Surf's up at Yale New Haven's pediatric MRI suite
By Wayne Forrest
Winter in New England never looked so good as it does inside Yale New Haven Children's Hospital's new pediatric MRI suite, during these cold, snowy days. The facility began imaging children in January in the new beach-themed Scan-Castle, featuring a seascape painted on the wall and blue waves on the tiled floor.
March 1, 2015
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Protocol tweaks reduce radiation dose for pediatric DSA
By Brian Casey
In a session on Sunday at the Society of Interventional Radiology conference in Atlanta, researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will demonstrate protocols they developed that dramatically cut radiation dose for pediatric digital subtraction angiography (DSA) procedures.
February 25, 2015
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Ultrasound + lab tests can reliably spot pediatric appendicitis
By Erik L. Ridley
Combining blood tests with sonography findings significantly outperformed ultrasound alone for diagnosing or ruling out pediatric appendicitis, and the combination could also reduce the number of CT scans in children, according to research published online in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
February 23, 2015
fMRI shows different brain activity in curious preteens
By Wayne Forrest
Understanding the daily actions of preteens is a daunting task in general, but researchers from the University of California, San Francisco have had early success in using functional MRI (fMRI) to investigate why some might explore more than others.
February 23, 2015
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MEG links language delay to chromosome deletion
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
With the help of magnetoencephalography (MEG), researchers have found that children born with a DNA abnormality on chromosome 16 show measurable delays in processing sound and language.
February 18, 2015
MRI shows meth's effects on young brains
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI scans indicate that adolescents who chronically use methamphetamine experience greater and more widespread alterations in the brain than adults who abuse the drug, according to a study from the University of Utah and Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.
February 12, 2015
Agfa readies new Musica for Neonatal launch at ECR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare will be unveiling its Musica for Neonatal image processing software for digital radiography (DR) exams at next month's ECR 2015 in Vienna.
February 10, 2015
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