Pediatric Radiology: Page 91

Pediatric MRI and suite templates: If the shoe doesn't fit, don't wear it
MRI suite vendor templates don't address a myriad of facility- and patient-specific issues, leaving the imaging facility and its designers to address them. MRI architectural consultants Tobias Gilk and Robert Junk explain why nowhere is this truer than in a facility with a significant pediatric patient load.
April 24, 2006
Swissray notches hospital orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital radiography vendor Swissray International has received orders for its flat-panel direct digital radiography (ddR) systems from several U.S. children's hospitals, according to the Elizabeth, NJ-based vendor.
March 20, 2006
X-ray's role debated in systematic diagnosis of pediatric constipation
By Shalmali Pal
In 1999 Dr. Susan Leech and colleagues at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, U.K., published an x-ray scoring system for assessing childhood defecation disorders. Six years later, is the Leech system still useful? Yes and no, according to two research groups from the Netherlands. One group gave the Leech method their vote of confidence, while the other found it to be of limited value.
March 16, 2006
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peerVue adds Children's National to client roster
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Software developer peerVue has sold its enterprise teaching file application to Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC.
March 14, 2006
VSM nets install at Cincinnati Children's Hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) developer VSM MedTech said that it has installed a MEG unit at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati.
March 8, 2006
Zonare releases new transducer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
VIENNA - Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems unveiled a new transducer for its ultrasound systems this week at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 6, 2006
After-hours imaging not a cost factor in pediatric appendicitis assessment
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
One of the most common presentations for children in the emergency room is suspected appendicitis, and this presentation is more likely to be encountered by clinical staff during the after-hours period, such as a weeknight or weekend shift.
February 21, 2006
PACS doesn’t hurt pediatric ER performance
By Erik L. Ridley
Introducing PACS to the pediatric emergency room can be accomplished without affecting the accuracy of radiograph interpretation by emergency physicians, according to research published in Academic Emergency Medicine.
February 19, 2006
X-ray reveals how pin placement aggravates nerves in pediatric fractures
By Shalmali Pal
Supracondylar humerus fractures occur quite frequently in children, and this traumatic break is usually treated with cross-pinning of the displacement after reduction. However, iatrogenic ulnar nerve injury is a potentially significant complication. Turkish researchers used two radiographic parameters to assess the connection between pin insertion and nerve damage.
January 26, 2006
US overcomes x-ray's limits in pediatric ankle fractures
By Shalmali Pal
Sprained ankles would seem to be part and parcel of childhood. But when a simple sprain balloons into a serious problem, clinicians may be hard-pressed to come to a definitive diagnosis. While a three-view x-ray may reveal nothing out of the ordinary, an ultrasound exam can be very helpful.
January 22, 2006
Larger brain volume, head circumference may be early markers of autism
By Shalmali Pal
Although the exact cause of autism is still a mystery, possible explanations include accelerated neural development and/or macrocephaly, resulting in a larger brain and head size. Going a step beyond anatomy, researchers from North Carolina studied brain volume and head circumference in children with autism. Their results suggest that generalized enlargement of certain areas of the brain may begin as early as the first year of life.
January 2, 2006
VSM inks Philly MEG sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian magnetoencephalography (MEG) developer VSM MedTech of Vancouver, British Columbia, has received a contract to install a MEG unit at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
December 5, 2005
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