Pediatric Radiology: Page 79

Dose can be reduced by 75% in pediatric chest CT exams
By Cynthia E. Keen
The radiation dose of pediatric MDCT exams can be reduced by as much as 75% without compromising the ability to detect small lung nodules in young children, according to a study published in the July issue of Academic Radiology.
June 17, 2009
GE completes first pediatric dose reduction install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sanford Children's Hospital is the first children's hospital in the U.S. to install a new software application from GE Healthcare designed to reduce radiation dose in pediatric CT studies.
June 17, 2009
FDG-PET/CT helps track pediatric bone and soft-tissue tumors
By Wayne Forrest
TORONTO - A new study by Canadian researchers has confirmed FDG-PET/CT's benefits in managing pediatric bone and soft-tissue tumors when caregivers chart the progress or regression of the cancer at four scan time intervals.
June 15, 2009
Philips releases new TEE transducer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has debuted a new transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) transducer for cardiac imaging of neonatal patients.
June 4, 2009
Color-coded CT protocols help reduce pediatric radiation dose
By Cynthia E. Keen
Radiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital were able to reduce pediatric CT radiation dose by up to 90% through a system of color-coded exam protocols customized to individual patients, according to an article published in the July issue of Radiology.
June 3, 2009
U.K. hospital deploys homegrown IT system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust has implemented an internally developed IT system at its Children's Acute Transport Service (CATS) for referring hospitals to share medical data on emergency patients more quickly and securely.
June 1, 2009
Study: US not ready to verify intubation tubes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Can ultrasound replace radiography to confirm endotracheal intubation? Emergency physicians from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio report that ultrasound verification is faster and highly reproducible, but doesn't achieve the accuracy of a conventional chest x-ray.
May 27, 2009
Study: Childhood cancer rates remain constant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Cancer Society reports that there will be no change in the number of new cases of childhood cancer in 2009, according to its annual cancer statistics report. However, the number of deaths attributed to childhood cancer is estimated to decline by more than 7% in the U.S.
May 27, 2009
SPR group tackles radiation dose in pediatric nuclear medicine
By Marty Graham
So far, much of the recent attention toward reducing pediatric radiation dose has focused on CT. But nuclear medicine is also an area where radiation dose can be better tailored to the specific needs of children, according to members of a Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) working group tasked to address the issue.
May 21, 2009
AuntMinnie.com Pediatric Insider
By Cynthia E. Keen
May 17, 2009
MRI with STIR fails to change diagnosis in child abuse cases
By Wayne Forrest
Although whole-body MRI using a short-tau inversion recovery (WB-STIR) sequence detects some bone contusions and fractures not found on initial radiographic bone surveys, the technique may not be ready to replace radiography in the initial assessment of traumatic injury in cases of suspected child abuse, according to a new study.
May 11, 2009
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Computer-assisted ultrasound aids liver imaging in obese children
By Erik L. Ridley
An open-source image processing software package can be a useful tool for evaluating ultrasound images of obese children for signs of fat deposits in the liver, according to research from Brazil published in the May edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
May 7, 2009
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