Dose reduction in paediatric radiology using rare earth filtration.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone age (BA) rating is time consuming and highly rater dependent. OBJECTIVE:To adjust the fully automated BoneXpert method to agree with the manual Greulich and Pyle BA (GP BA) ratings of five raters and to validate the accuracy for short children. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 1,097 left hand radiogra...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Martin DD,Deusch D,Schweizer R,Binder G,Thodberg HH,Ranke MB

更新日期：2009-06-01 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:Crossing renal vessels (CRV) are associated with ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction, particularly when presentation is beyond the neonatal period. Their presence may influence surgical management. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the accuracy of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (CE-MRA) in the id...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Calder AD,Hiorns MP,Abhyankar A,Mushtaq I,Olsen OE

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormalities of the placenta affect 5-7% of pregnancies. Because disturbances in fetal growth are often preceded by dysfunction of the placenta or attenuation of its normal expansion, placental health warrants careful surveillance. There are limited normative data available for placental volume by MRI. OBJ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： León RL,Li KT,Brown BP

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leiomyosarcoma of the lung is a type of tumour rarely found in childhood. It arises from smooth muscle either of bronchial or arterial walls, has a variable pattern of local growth, blood-borne metastatic spread with lymph nodes sparing and a clinical course characterized by fever, cough and worsening dyspnea. We repo...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Beluffi G,Bertolotti P,Mietta A,Manara G,Luisetti M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detailed radiographic features of triploidy, a fatal congenital disorder with 69 chromosomes, have not previously been reported. Radiographs of ten liveborn infants with chromosomally confirmed triploidy showed six findings highly suggestive of this diagnosis: harlequin orbits, small anterior fontanelle, gracile r...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Silverthorn KG,Houston CS,Newman DE,Wood BJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the obstacles in discussing childhood tuberculosis (TB) is the lack of standard descriptive terminology to classify the diverse spectrum of disease. Accurate disease classification is important, because the correct identification of the specific disease entity has definite prognostic significance. Accurate clas...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Marais BJ,Gie RP,Schaaf HS,Starke JR,Hesseling AC,Donald PR,Beyers N

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Foreign body aspiration is common in children, especially those under 3 years of age. Chest radiography and CT are the main imaging modalities for the evaluation of these children. Management of children with suspected foreign body aspiration (SFBA) mainly depends on radiological findings. OBJECTIVE:To inve...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Adaletli I,Kurugoglu S,Ulus S,Ozer H,Elicevik M,Kantarci F,Mihmanli I,Akman C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 200 unselected upper abdominal sonographies in children the hepatic venous anatomy was examined with special reference to caudal hepatic veins. In 42% of patients caudal hepatic veins could be demonstrated sonographically, while large caudal hepatic veins could be shown in 12.5% of patients. The large caudal hepati...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Hausdorf G

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of spontaneous disappearance of an intrathoracic meningocele following insertion of a ventriculo-venous shunt is reported. The shunt was performed for treatment of hydrocephalus secondary to Arnold-Chiari malformation. The intrathoracic meningocele reappeared when the shunt obstructed and decreased in size when...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Mahboubi S,Schut L

更新日期：1977-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In pediatric oncology, therapeutic decisions are made based on tumor response to chemotherapeutic agents. Sequential measurement of tumor bulk and its percent change on therapy must be accurately assessed. Will 3-dimensional (3-D) volumetric determination improve our ability to assess tumor response to therapy? Forty-...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Eggli KD,Close P,Dillon PW,Umlauf M,Hopper KD

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-attenuation mucus plugging is a rare finding in both adults and children. When it occurs, the field of differential diagnoses is typically quite small and includes acute hemorrhage, aspiration of radiodense material, and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). The last of these three diagnoses is the most...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Morozov A,Applegate KE,Brown S,Howenstine M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional printing called rapid prototyping, a technology that is used to create physical models based on a 3-D computer representation, is now commercially available and can be created from CT or MRI datasets. This technical innovation paper reviews the specific requirements and steps necessary to apply biome...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Starosolski ZA,Kan JH,Rosenfeld SD,Krishnamurthy R,Annapragada A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Structural size in the neonatal brain is of clinical importance. Cranial ultrasonography (cUS) is the primary method used for evaluating the neonatal brain and it is important to know whether linear measurements made using this technique are accurate. OBJECTIVE:To compare linear measurements of different ce...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Leijser LM,Srinivasan L,Rutherford MA,Counsell SJ,Allsop JM,Cowan FM

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution CT (HRCT) is the most sensitive radiographic method to image small airways disease. We discuss the HRCT features of follicular bronchiolitis in a 5-year-old boy and correlate them with the histopathological findings. The changes described include centrilobular nodules, bronchiectasis and bronchiolectas...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Reittner P,Fotter R,Lindbichler F,Tillich M,Varga EM,Zach M,Popper H

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrathecal baclofen has long been known to be an efficacious treatment of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. Test bolus administration is often necessary to ensure patients will benefit from this treatment. The introduction of a intrathecal catheter for test bolus administration can prove challenging in a su...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Heran MKS,Al-Shikarchy H,Chowne C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 25-week fetus with lethal Ellis-van Creveld syndrome who was diagnosed prenatally from the US detection of a narrow chest, postaxial polydactyly of the hands, short acro-/mesomelic limbs and a ventricular septal defect. The postnatal radiographic features of the skeleton confirmed the diagnosis. Literature...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Sergi C,Voigtländer T,Zoubaa S,Hentze S,Meyberg-Solomeyer G,Troeger J,Tariverdian G,Otto HF,Schiesser M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging studies for sinusitis add little to the clinical management of the pediatric patient in most instances. The findings shown by paranasal sinus imaging are nonspecific and need to be correlated with clinical findings. Coronal CT is recommended for complications or for recurrent or persistent sinus disease. ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Kronemer KA,McAlister WH

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parameters of linear measurement were compared with actual brain volume to assess the significance of linear measurements as indices of atrophy in 31 neurologically normal children and 22 neurologically abnormal children. Brain volume was established by means of an image-analyzing system using contiguous CT scans. The...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Hamano K,Iwasaki N,Takeya T,Takita H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with aneurysmal bone cysts of the spine demonstrate striking similarities when examined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), while the plain radiographs and images on computed tomography (CT) are quite different. Gadolinium DTPA enhanced T1W images were especially helpful in the definition of the lesion...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Caro PA,Mandell GA,Stanton RP

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In previous studies, typical radiological findings in the cervical spine of patients with diastrophic dysplasia (DD) have been kyphosis, displacement of the vertebrae, spina bifida occulta (SBO), anterior hypoplasia of vertebrae C3-5, and hyperplasia and dysmorphism of the odontoid process. OBJECTIVES:To ma...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Remes VM,Marttinen EJ,Poussa MS,Helenius IJ,Peltonen JI

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:In the pediatric population, ureteroceles may present with different clinical pictures, including obstruction and lithiasis. We report two pairs of twins; one of each set had ureteroceles, and the other a related urinary tract malformation (ureterocele, polycystic kidney disease). These cases raise the question of whe...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Capasso P,Gudinchet F

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapses of lymphoblastic leukaemia traditionally involve the central nervous system and testes in boys. Involvement of the female pelvic organs is frequently found at autopsy; however, involvement of the cervical uterus is rare and even less commonly symptomatic. A 13-cm uterine mass was discovered in a 15-year-old a...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Novellas S,Fournol M,Deville A,Kurzenne JY,Geoffray A,Chevallier P

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After the insertion of a central venous catheter, a chest radiograph is usually obtained to ensure correct positioning of the catheter tip. OBJECTIVE:To determine in a paediatric population whether B-mode and colour Doppler sonography after central venous access is useful to evaluate catheter position, thus...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Lanza C,Russo M,Fabrizzi G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-13 year follow up study of 29 patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis into adulthood revealed several structural deformities of the hips: coxa magna, short femoral neck, subluxations associated with large cyst-like erosions of femur and acetabulum near the ligamentum teres and a flattened, wide femoral head (w...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Patriquin HB,Camerlain M,Trias A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported in whom there was a unilateral complete arrest of differentiation of the otocyst associated with an ipsilateral mild hemifacial hypoplasia and auricular abnormalities. The patient's tympanic membrane and VII nerve function were normal and a normal ossicular mass was identified on CT Scan. This case ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Kavanagh KT,Magill HL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign lymphoid polyps are a rare histologic entity and should not be confused with malignant disease of the colon and rectum. Although retention polyps are the single most common type of colonic polyp in children, the presence of multiple clustered polyps in the rectum should alert the radiologist to the possibility ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Weller MH,Feldman PS

更新日期：1975-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preterm and low-birth-weight infants have an increased risk of sensorineural hearing loss. Brainstem auditory-evoked potentials (BAEP) are an effective method to detect subtle deficits in impulse conduction in the auditory pathway. Abnormalities on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) have been shown to be associa...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Reiman M,Parkkola R,Johansson R,Jääskeläinen SK,Kujari H,Lehtonen L,Haataja L,Lapinleimu H,PIPARI Study Group.

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is debated whether iso-osmolar and low-osmolar contrast media are associated with different incidences of contrast medium-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients with renal insufficiency. OBJECTIVE:To compare the incidence of CIN in children undergoing contrast-enhanced multidetector computer tomography (M...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Zo'o M,Hoermann M,Balassy C,Brunelle F,Azoulay R,Pariente D,Panuel M,Le Dosseur P

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00