Pediatric Radiology: Page 71

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

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

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

X-ray scatter radiation risk is low to NICU infants

By Cynthia E. Keen

Premature infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) are not exposed to radiation scatter as long as incubators (also known as isolettes) are spaced at least 2 ft (93 cm) from each other, according to a report published online in Pediatric Radiology.

January 11, 2010

MEG shows slow response in autistic kids

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Using magnetoencephalography (MEG) to detect magnetic fields in the brain, researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have found that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) process sound and language a fraction of a second slower than children without ASDs.

January 7, 2010

DTI-MRI tracks memory loss; stand-up MRI scans kids with backpacks

By Brian Casey

January 6, 2010

Stand-up MRI detects impact of heavy backpacks on children

By Cynthia E. Keen

A stand-up MRI scanner found signs of lumbar spine compression in children carrying full backpacks, according to researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

January 5, 2010

Esophagrams not ideal for pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis

By Cynthia E. Keen

The number of cases of eosinophilic esophagitis, a chronic inflammatory disorder of the esophagus, is rising in pediatric populations. However, endoscopy and pathological testing should remain the primary means of diagnosing the disease, not esophagrams, according to radiologists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

December 30, 2009

DAAS scale predicts necrotizing enterocolitis severity in infants

By Cynthia E. Keen

Duke University researchers have developed a 10-point Duke abdominal assessment scale (DAAS) that can simplify the review of multiple abdominal x-ray reports of infants with clinical symptoms of necrotizing enterocolitis, helping to predict the severity of the disease.

December 29, 2009

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