Pediatric Radiology: Page 73

Healthcare IT tackles contrast events in RSNA sessions
By Cynthia E. Keen
The impressive capabilities of healthcare informatics to collect, query, and analyze patient and treatment-related data are starting to be understood and utilized with respect to improving the quality and safety of diagnostic imaging services. Nowhere was this more apparent than in several presentations at the 2009 RSNA show.
December 10, 2009
California RT gives deposition in CT overdose case
By Donna Domino
The California radiologic technologist accused of operating the CT scanner that delivered a massive radiation overdose to a 23-month-old boy in 2008 testified last week that she only pushed the CT scan button a few times, and she doesn't understand how the toddler received 151 scans in a single imaging session.
December 9, 2009
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fMRI helps show PTSD symptoms in kids
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, CA, are using functional MRI (fMRI) to show how psychological trauma can leave a trail of damage in a child's brain.
December 8, 2009
MRI in the OR: Impact on pediatric neurosurgical procedures
By Cynthia E. Keen
The use of intraoperative MRI during pediatric neurosurgery is enabling Canadian surgeons to perform less-invasive procedures by allowing them to modify the surgical plan midsurgery.
December 7, 2009
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Time Medical gets FDA nod for MR scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR firm Time Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its hybrid Mona 0.2-tesla MRI and high temperature superconducting (HTS) orthopedic RF coil.
December 2, 2009
Emergency rooms struggle to find wayward can tabs
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - The aluminum can industry's attempt to keep those ubiquitous tab openers from being inadvertently swallowed hasn't prevented the youth of America from accidentally ingesting them, causing challenges for radiologists.
November 30, 2009
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Scientific poster digital format offers potential to transform medium
By Cynthia E. Keen
CHICAGO - Displaying scientific posters in digital format at this year's RSNA meeting allows authors not only to convey facts, graphs, and photos, but also to incorporate some interactive functionality. Onsite digital displays offer huge potential to educate readers in ways that even the best developed paper poster cannot.
November 29, 2009
Limit CT exams for appendicitis in kids
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
When emergency physicians are empowered to make pragmatic clinical decisions about children with symptoms of appendicitis, they may be inclined to avoid ordering CT exams as a component of the diagnostic workup.
November 23, 2009
Ultrasound matches CT for complicated pediatric pneumonia
By Erik L. Ridley
Chest ultrasound can provide the same diagnostic information as chest CT in children with complicated pneumonia and parapneumonic effusion, according to an article to be published in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
November 19, 2009
Screening kids with ultrasound, ECG finds cardiac abnormalities
By Edward Susman
ORLANDO, FL - Heart screening isn't just for athletes anymore. Researchers at this week's American Heart Association meeting said that screening all middle-school-aged children for cardiac abnormalities with a targeted medical history, physical exam, electrocardiogram (ECG), and echocardiograph can identify those at risk of heart problems before they head out for recess.
November 16, 2009
High-pitch DECT unfazed by squirming kids
By Eric Barnes
Wednesday, December 2 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSM19-02 | Room N230Judging from the results of a phantom study using dual-energy CT (DECT), infants will soon be able to squirm and fuss all they want without blurring the images. Lead author Cynthia McCollough, Ph.D., told AuntMinnie.com there's a lot of excitement around the use of high-pitch scanning in children to facilitate the whole process.
November 15, 2009
Contrast exposure in utero shows little effect on thyroid function
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, November 29 | 11:15 a.m.-11:25 a.m. | SSA09-04 | Room E351Citing concerns about the risk of thyroid dysfunction in newborns after they are exposed in utero to iodinated contrast media, researchers from Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, RI, tested contrast-exposed neonates for answers.
November 15, 2009
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