Pediatric Radiology: Page 45

MRI finds brain abnormalities in late preterm infants

By Wayne Forrest

Using MRI, Australian researchers found smaller brain size and other abnormalities that could lead to long-term developmental issues in babies born 32 to 36 weeks into gestation, according to a study published online June 10 in Radiology.

June 9, 2014

Circulation: Cancer risk low for children undergoing heart scans

By Eric Barnes

Radiation from x-ray and CT scans of the heart is low and doesn't significantly raise the risk of cancer for young children being scanned, according to a study published on June 9 in Circulation that looked at nearly 14,000 heart scans.

June 8, 2014

Digisonics debuts pediatric workflow software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Digisonics plans to unveil a new structured reporting tool for pediatrics at next month's Pediatric and Adult Interventional Cardiac Symposium in Chicago.

May 27, 2014

Echo screening cost-effective after childhood chemo

By Eric Barnes

Young cancer patients treated with chemotherapy can be screened cost-effectively throughout their adult lives with echocardiography to help them live longer, according to a pair of just-released studies in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

May 18, 2014

ARRS: Iterative recon cuts dose for pediatric head CT

By Eric Barnes

Radiation doses to sensitive brain regions are significantly reduced when iterative reconstruction is used in pediatric brain CT, according to a presentation at this week's American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in San Diego.

May 6, 2014

MRI detects brain issues in kids born too early

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI scans have discovered cognitive deficits and structural differences in the brains of school-aged children born a few weeks prematurely.

May 4, 2014

Functional MRI finds abnormal brain regions in ADHD youth

By Wayne Forrest

Resting-state functional MRI has uncovered new abnormalities in key brain regions in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study from China published online April 30 in Radiology.

May 4, 2014

ClearPoint, Visius used for pediatric laser procedure

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

IMRIS and MRI Interventions announced that a surgical team at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, TX, has used the companies' combined technology to perform the first pediatric laser ablation procedure.

April 2, 2014

PET being used to evaluate Menkes therapies

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Japanese researchers are using PET to visualize copper distribution in mice to potentially identify therapies for a genetic disorder known as Menkes disease.

March 25, 2014

MRI provides alternative to CT, US for pediatric appendicitis

By Wayne Forrest

MRI without contrast provides "high diagnostic performance" for suspected pediatric appendicitis and has "substantial" agreement with ultrasound in positive appendicitis cases, indicating that it could be an alternative to both ultrasound and CT for this application, according to a study published online March 17 in Radiology.

March 19, 2014

UAE hospital tracks kids' interventional heart doses

By Eric Barnes

Researchers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are tracking radiation dose for interventional cardiology exams in children in order to optimize exposure. They found that levels are reasonable for the most common exams -- but they're mostly higher than the lowest published doses, according to a presentation at the 2014 Arab Health meeting.

March 12, 2014

Canadian ob/gyns, rads target entertainment ultrasound

By Erik L. Ridley

The growing use of fetal ultrasound for nonmedical purposes has prompted two Canadian medical societies to issue a statement against the scans, which have been linked to gender-specific abortion in the country.

February 19, 2014

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