Pediatric Radiology

MR elastography effective for assessing liver stiffness in children
By Kate Madden Yee
MR elastography is an effective technique for noninvasive monitoring of liver stiffness -- a surrogate for fibrosis -- in children and young adults with autoimmune liver disease, researchers have reported.
April 19, 2024
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Protocols, resources can reduce CT use in child appendectomy patients
By Amerigo Allegretto
Developing protocols and having resources available are ways hospitals can limit radiation exposure from CT to pediatric appendectomy patients.
March 20, 2024
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Enlarged perivascular spaces in infant brains linked to autism risk
By Kate Madden Yee
Infants with enlarged perivascular spaces have a more than two-fold greater chance of developing autism compared to infants with normal-sized perivascular spaces.
January 3, 2024
Extra-axial cerebrospinal fluid (EA-CSF) and perivascular space (PVS) segmentation on a 24-month scan of a child who was diagnosed with autism. Image courtesy of Dea Garic, PhD, and Mark Shen, PhD.
Nonphysician providers often used in pediatric radiology settings
By Amerigo Allegretto
A survey study described current workforce trends in pediatric radiology, including the use of nonphysician providers in the area.
December 12, 2023
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Brain MRI radiomics help predict poor newborn neurodevelopment
By Kate Madden Yee
Combining radiomic features extracted from brain MRI exams with clinical ones helps predict poor neurodevelopment in preterm newborns.
December 5, 2023
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CT imaging increases children's blood cancer risk
By Kate Madden Yee
Children who undergo CT imaging are at increased risk of blood cancer, according to a team of investigators.
November 13, 2023
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Children with Down syndrome are exposed to more radiation
By Will Morton
Children with Down syndrome experience significantly more medical imaging and higher radiation exposure than other children.
September 14, 2023
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ISCT 2023: LDCT plus AI effectively spots pediatric lung conditions
By Kate Madden Yee
Low-dose chest CT (LDCT) combined with AI is effective for identifying pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in children, according to a presentation delivered September 7 at the International Society of Computed Tomography (ISCT) meeting in San Diego.
September 7, 2023
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How much radiation do children with pulmonary hypertension receive?
By Kate Madden Yee
Children with pulmonary hypertension can receive up to an average of 8.5 mSv of radiation per year from CT exams -- roughly equivalent to about three years of naturally occurring background radiation.
August 27, 2023
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MRI model segments abdominal fat tissues in children
By Amerigo Allegretto
An AI model trained on Dixon MRI may help with large studies researching abdominal fat distribution in children, suggest Dutch findings published August 16 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 16, 2023
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AI developed for SPECT kidney imaging in children
By Will Morton
An AI model based on SPECT images has the potential to help nuclear medicine physicians identify kidney defects in children, according to a research group in Taiwan.
August 16, 2023
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Use of sedation techniques lessens slightly in pediatric CT, MRI
By Amerigo Allegretto
The overall use of sedation and anesthesia has decreased for CT and MRI exams in pediatric emergency departments (EDs), according to findings published August 14 in JAMA Pediatrics.
August 15, 2023
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