Pediatric Radiology: Page 86

Real-time 3D TEE helps guide heart-repair procedures

By Caitanya Min

Real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) can help guide the treatment of patients with heart conditions such as atrial septal defect and congenital heart disease, according to a pair of presentations at the recent Pediatric and Adult Interventional Cardiac Symposium (PICS).

September 3, 2008

Large CR study reveals wide variation in adult and pediatric protocols

By Kathlyn Stone

A retrospective study of more than 40,000 computed radiography exams obtained from six University of Maryland departments suggests wide variations in protocols among hospital departments and slightly higher-than-necessary radiation exposure to patients, particularly children.

September 2, 2008

MRI can provide safe imaging for pediatric heart patients

By Wayne Forrest

Cardiovascular MRI can be performed safely, with low risk and limited hemodynamic changes, on infants with congenital heart disease, according to a study conducted at the Heart and Diabetes Center in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.

August 28, 2008

Philips adds Ambient Experience order

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare will be installing its Ambient Experience suite at Florida's Hospital's upcoming Disney Children's Hospital in Orlando.

August 26, 2008

GE debuts ob/gyn US upgrades

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare launched several new technologies for its Voluson i and Voluson e ultrasound scanners at the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) meeting in Chicago.

August 26, 2008

Meeting to examine pediatric CT dose

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging is holding a meeting on August 20 with CT vendors to discuss methods for standardizing radiation dose estimates in pediatric CT.

August 17, 2008

CAD offers potential for diagnosing pediatric pneumonia

By Erik L. Ridley

Computer-aided detection technology can assist in diagnosing pneumonia on chest radiographs in children, according to research published in the August issue of the International Journal of Medical Informatics.

July 22, 2008

FDG-PET/CT trumps bone scintigraphy for young Hodgkin's lymphoma patients

By Wayne Forrest

Routine bone scans may be safely eliminated and replaced with FDG-PET/CT in the evaluation of higher-risk children, adolescents, and young adults with Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to a study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

June 29, 2008

FDA posts pediatric imaging advisory

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Children may be more sensitive to radiation received from medical imaging scans than adults, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH).

June 24, 2008

FDA to give GE's AdreView priority review

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has designated for priority review GE Healthcare's new drug application for AdreView, a molecular imaging agent for the detection of neuroendocrine tumors in pediatric and adult patients.

June 12, 2008

House resolution advocates lower pediatric x-ray dose

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A new resolution has been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives that seeks to reduce the amount of radiation dose delivered to children from CT and other imaging studies.

May 26, 2008

Low tube current, modulation reduce pediatric CTA dose

By Eric Barnes

Dialing down the x-ray tube current and activating tube-current modulation made a huge difference in the radiation dose for children undergoing coronary CT angiography (CTA), according to a new study in the American Journal of Roentgenology. The reduced-dose acquisition protocols had no significant negative effect on image quality and were, in fact, hardly noticeable, researchers said.

May 20, 2008

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