Pediatric Radiology: Page 71

ACR Foundation launches Haiti relief
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) Foundation has launched a relief fund for Haiti to help the country recover from the devastating January 12 earthquake.
February 9, 2010
CATCH rules accurately predict which kids need head CT
By Eric Barnes
Canadian researchers have issued a new set of clinical rules for determining which injured children need head CT. They hope the new guidelines could help prevent unnecessary radiation exposure and costs associated with CT overuse, researchers said.
February 8, 2010
Siemens wins U.K. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has been chosen by a new U.K. hospital to supply a range of imaging technology.
February 3, 2010
CT beats x-ray for pediatric cervical spine trauma
By Cynthia E. Keen
When a CT exam is ordered for a child presenting with cervical spine trauma, follow-up radiography adds little to no additional diagnostic information, according to an analysis from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto published in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
February 3, 2010
Teleradiology firm sets up Haiti link
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A U.S. teleradiology firm has set up a link with a children's hospital in Haiti to help diagnose patients injured in the massive January 12 earthquake.
February 1, 2010
Study cuts radiotracer dose for pediatric PET exams by half
By Wayne Forrest
Philadelphia researchers have found that it's possible to reduce PET radiotracer dose among pediatric patients and still maintain image quality, according to a new study in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
January 31, 2010
Haiti after the earthquake: Idaho RT assists relief effort
By Donna Domino
An Idaho radiologic technologist (RT) who has been involved in longtime relief efforts in Haiti says an x-ray system that survived the earthquake is being used to examine hundreds of injuries daily.
January 27, 2010
Haiti after the earthquake: A radiologist's story
By Dr. Gia Deangelis
Dr. Gia Deangelis is a University of Virginia radiologist who was supposed to be in Port-au-Prince the day the quake struck. She is now working in a rural clinic in Grison-Garde, north of the decimated capital of Port-au-Prince. Here are her observations.
January 21, 2010
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Radiology mobilizes to help Haiti in wake of devastating earthquake
By Donna Domino
University of Virginia radiologist Dr. Gia Deangelis came perilously close to being one of the casualties in last week's massive earthquake in Haiti. Deangelis was supposed to be in Port-au-Prince on January 12, the day the quake struck, and has now returned to help with the relief effort.
January 18, 2010
Bone fractures in infants with rickets differ from child-abuse injuries
By Cynthia E. Keen
When an infant or toddler is diagnosed with a bone fracture, is the injury the result of an accident, child abuse, or an old disease such as rickets making a comeback in modern society? Radiography can help radiologists make the distinction.
January 17, 2010
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Digisonics scores 2 contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has implemented its DigiView image management and reporting system at sites in Colorado and Idaho.
January 14, 2010
MRI used in heart valve operation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Surgeons at King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Center in London recently used MRI, rather than x-ray, to guide a procedure to widen a heart valve in a 6-year-old boy.
January 13, 2010
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