Digital radiography: optimization of image quality and dose using multi-frequency software.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of lateral decubitus high-resolution CT (HRCT) in detecting air trapping in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS:HRCT scans of 21 children with heterogeneous lung attenuation caused by air trapping (n = 10) or with infiltrative lung disease (n = 11) were reviewed retrospectively. The...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Choi SJ,Choi BK,Kim HJ,Lee SH,Choi SH,Park SJ,Goo HW,Lee JS,Yoon CH

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) often undergo MRI studies to assess brain injury or to quantify hepatic iron. MRI requires the child to lie motionless for 30-60 min, thus sedation/anesthesia might be used to facilitate successful completion of exams, but this poses additional risks for SCD patients. ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Cejda KR,Smeltzer MP,Hansbury EN,McCarville ME,Helton KJ,Hankins JS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-signal T2-weighted bone marrow changes can be found in both bone marrow edema and hematopoietic marrow and are often seen on pediatric MR images of the feet and ankle. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether high-signal T2 changes of the bone marrow seen on pediatric MRI of feet and ankles represent residual hem...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Shabshin N,Schweitzer ME,Morrison WB,Carrino JA,Keller MS,Grissom LE

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the number of patients with liver transplants continues to increase, radiologists need to be aware of the normal post-operative appearance of the different liver transplants currently performed along with the wide variety of complications encountered. The complications commonly affect the biliar and vascular system...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Babyn PS

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement in successful and sustained quality improvement can be a very rewarding experience. However, it can be very difficult work. Up to 70% of attempted organizational change is not sustained. There are many reasons why quality-improvement projects might not be successful. In this article, the author reviews ite...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Donnelly LF

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral contrast preparation is fundamental to ensuring diagnostic examination quality for magnetic resonance enterography (MRE), yet little is known about the relative palatability and tolerability of various oral contrast agents in pediatric patients with known or suspected inflammatory bowel disease. OBJECT...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Gottumukkala RV,LaPointe A,Sargent D,Gee MS

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A pull-back tube esophagogram (PBTE) is widely accepted in the literature as the radiological investigation of choice for the diagnosis of tracheoesophageal fistula without esophageal atresia. However, PBTE is rarely performed in our institution, as we have been successful in confirming the presence of such ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Laffan EE,Daneman A,Ein SH,Kerrigan D,Manson DE

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the role of gadolinium-DOTA enhanced MRI in the management of painful osseous crises in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA), nine children with SCA underwent MRI, bone scans and ultrasonographic studies during 11 osseous crises. Imaging findings were compared with the final diagnosis: three acu...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Bonnerot V,Sebag G,de Montalembert M,Wioland M,Glorion C,Girot R,Lallemand D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 15-year-old boy with caecal haematoma required a right hemicolectomy due to development of small bowel obstruction and near caecal perforation having presented several days after an episode of minor trauma. The position of the caecum between intraperitoneal and extraperitoneal bowel requires special treatment consid...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Oates AJ,Sutcliffe J,Stahlschmidt J,Kraft JK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first clinical and angiographic description of congenital subclavian steal in a patient with left aortic arch, isolation of the right subclavian artery, and an aortic diverticulum. ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Garti IJ,Aygen MM

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antenatal detection of mesoblastic nephroma by US is possible. Reviewing the literature, we found 19 previously reported cases, only 1 of which underwent prenatal MRI. We present a further case diagnosed by US and confirmed with MRI. The imaging findings and differential diagnoses are discussed. Early and correct dete...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Irsutti M,Puget C,Baunin C,Duga I,Sarramon MF,Guitard J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Thalassaemia major is a hereditary haemolytic anaemia that is treated with multiple blood transfusions. A major complication of this treatment is iron overload, which leads to cell death and organ dysfunction. Chelation therapy, used for iron elimination, requires effective monitoring of the body burden of iron, ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Argyropoulou MI,Astrakas L

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alongside recent advances in treatment strategies for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), paediatric rheumatologists have taken increasing interest in the use of imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and musculoskeletal ultrasound, by providing more detailed information on disease activity than clinical examinati...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Malattia C,Tzaribachev N,van den Berg JM,Magni-Manzoni S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shielding of the gonads is a dose-saving strategy in pediatric radiography and its use is the law in New York and the majority of other states. However, routine use of gonadal shields is controversial because of concerns that important diagnostic information can be obscured. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this st...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Winfeld M,Strubel N,Pinkney L,Lala S,Milla S,Babb J,Fefferman N

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension due to transplant renal artery stenosis was treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in 6 children. 8 angioplasties were performed and the follow-up period varied between 3 and 66 months (average 23 months). The stenoses were located at the site of anastomosis in 4 children and distal to t...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Spijkerboer AM,Mali WP,Donckerwolcke RA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper compares the effects on patients of perforation with barium and with air during attempted intussusception reduction by reviewing the clinical, radiological, surgical and pathological findings and sequelae in seven children who received barium and seven who received air. In both groups perforation occurred i...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Daneman A,Alton DJ,Ein S,Wesson D,Superina R,Thorner P

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelvis-shoulder dysplasia is rare skeletal dysplasia characterised by symmetrical hypoplasia of the iliac wings and scapulae. It may be associated with unstable hips in infancy, a prominent lumbar lordosis and a waddling gait. Symptoms tend to lessen with increasing age. A child with this condition who has been follow...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Thomas PS,Reid MM,McCurdy AM

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical ureteric injury is rare and often unsuspected for a long time. We present a child in whom an abdominal neuroblastoma was completely excised, but during surgery the left ureter was transected and anastomosed. One month later, during postoperative disease staging, abnormal (123)I-MIBG accumulation was observed ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Moralidis E,Arsos G,Papakonstantinou E,Badouraki M,Koliouskas D,Karakatsanis C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle inflammation is a relatively common pathological process in childhood. The diagnosis of the underlying cause relies on an appreciation of the pattern of clinical features, as well as the results of biochemical, histological and radiological investigations. Often the clinical and biochemical features are non-spe...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Johnson K,Davis PJ,Foster JK,McDonagh JE,Ryder CA,Southwood TR

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various skeletal muscle diseases result in fatty infiltration, making it important to develop noninvasive biomarkers to objectively measure muscular fat. OBJECTIVE:We compared T2 relaxation time mapping (T2 maps) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) with physical characteristics previously correlated w...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Kim HK,Serai S,Merrow AC,Wang L,Horn PS,Laor T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is much evidence supporting a relationship between primary varicocoele and venous incompetence of the saphenofemoral junction in adults, there is no evidence for such a relationship during adolescence. Because of the effect of age and future occupation (standing upright for long periods) on th...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Karadeniz-Bilgili MY,Basar H,Simsir I,Unal B,Batislam E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristic biliary tree abnormalities in metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) include gallbladder polyposis and haemobilia. We report two brothers with MLD, who presented with uncommon biliary complications. One presented with gastric outlet obstruction secondary to gallbladder enlargement, which was treated by perc...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Simanovsky N,Ackerman Z,Kiderman A,Fields S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Narrow duplicated internal auditory canal (IAC) is a rare malformation of the temporal bone that is associated with ipsilateral congenital sensorineural hearing loss. This may be an isolated finding or a part of a syndrome. Radiological examination should demonstrate aplasia or hypoplasia of the neural components of t...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Demir OI,Cakmakci H,Erdag TK,Men S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the imaging features of ovarian metastases from adenocarcinoma of the colon in adolescent females. We reviewed retrospectively abdominal and pelvic computed tomographic and pelvic ultrasound examinations, histologic slices, and clinical charts of six adolescent females with ovarian metastases seco...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Kauffman WM,Jenkins JJ 3rd,Helton K,Rao BN,Winer-Muram HT,Pratt CB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Safety concerns are increasingly raised regarding the use of gadolinium-based contrast media for MR imaging. OBJECTIVE:To determine the accuracy of pre-contrast abdominal MR imaging for lesion detection and characterization in pediatric oncology patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We included 120 children (37 ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Mohd Zaki F,Moineddin R,Grant R,Chavhan GB

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Achalasia is a disorder of oesophageal motility and is rare in children. The mainstay of therapy has been surgery with its attendant complications and long postoperative stay. Treatment by hydrostatic balloon dilatation, a less morbid procedure, has not found much favour. OBJECTIVE:To review the overall eff...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Upadhyaya M,Fataar S,Sajwany MJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Details of a female infant, who was born after 29 weeks gestation and who died within minutes of birth, are presented. The infant was hydropic, showed macroglossia and had very short limbs with normal sized hands and feet. Apart from a preductal aortic coarctation the pathological findings were confined to the skeleto...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Blomstrand S,Claësson I,Säve-Söderbergh J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ipsilateral deviation of the uterus (IDU) has been suggested to be specific for torsion. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the sensitivity and specificity of IDU in diagnosing torsion. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the pelvic US examinations in girls performed at Nationwide Children's Hospital i...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Harmon JC,Binkovitz LA,Stephens J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single-shot fast spin echo (SSFSE) is particularly appealing in pediatric patients because of its motion robustness. However radiofrequency energy deposition at 3 tesla forces long pauses between slices, leading to longer scans, longer breath-holds and more between-slice motion. OBJECTIVE:We sought to learn...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Ruangwattanapaisarn N,Loening AM,Saranathan M,Litwiller DV,Vasanawala SS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that CT examinations of the brain in children soon after near-drowning incidents are not helpful in predicting clinical outcome and are not necessary. The clinical and CT findings of 19 pediatric near-drowning victims were reviewed for correlation with clinical and neurologic outcome. A...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Romano C,Brown T,Frewen TC

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00