Accuracy of CT-guided percutane ...
Background CT-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy has been shown in adults to be an effective diagnostic tool for a large number of musculoskelet ...
Pediatric uroradiology: state o ...
Recent years have witnessed major strides in imaging modalities, including US and contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography, fluoroscopy, CT and MRI, ...
High signal in bone marrow at d ...
Background In our experience, diffusion-weighted imaging with body background suppression (DWIBS) is hard to interpret in children who commonly have ...
Evaluation of liver fibrosis wi ...
Background The degree of hepatic fibrosis in biliary atresia (BA) correlates with the prognosis of the disease and thus, early diagnosis of liver fi ...
Effect of gender on intra-abdom ...
Background Adult men accumulate greater intra-abdominal fat (IAF) than adult women, a difference closely related to gender differences in cardiometa ...
Quality assurance: using the ex ...
Background Many methods are used to track patient exposure during acquisition of plain film radiographs. A uniform international standard would aid ...
Value of postmortem thoracic CT ...
Background Studies have reported that thoracic CT may provide greater sensitivity compared with radiography in detection of pediatric rib fractures ...
Evaluation of image quality and ...
Background There are a limited number of reports on the technical and clinical feasibility of prospective electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated multi-detect ...
Abdominal and pelvic CT in case ...
Background Incomplete history and concern for occult injury in suspected child abuse occasionally results in CT screenings of the abdomen and pelvis ...
Pulmonary metastases in childre ...
Background Approximately 15–20% of patients with osteosarcoma present with detectable metastatic disease and the majority of whom (85%) have pulmona ...
Significance of epiphyseal cart ...
Background Epiphyseal cartilage enhancement defects (ED) may occur in the setting of epiphyseal osteomyelitis (OM), and its significance is uncertai ...
Developing low-dose C-arm CT im ...
Background Manufacturers have provided C-arm CT imaging technologies for applications in interventional radiology in recent years. However, clinical ...
Pediatric digital radiography e ...
Background Digital radiography (DR) is one of several new products that have changed our work processes from hard copy to digital formats. The trans ...
Rapid, low-cost MR imaging prot ...
Patients undergoing bone marrow transplant (BMT) are at risk for infectious complications, including those of the sinus. Central nervous system (CNS ...
Variability in imaging utilizat ...
Background Use of medical imaging is under scrutiny because of rising costs and radiation exposure. We compare imaging utilization and costs across ...
Patterns of shift in ADC distri ...
Background Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) relates to tissue cellularity, and change in ADC during chemotherapy may be a promising tool for ass ...
Bowel sonography in sepsis with ...
Background Sepsis predisposes full-term infants to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). As such, experimental induction of NEC was applied to a sepsis m ...
The positive color Doppler sign ...
Background Percutaneous biopsies of soft-tissue organs are frequently performed using US guidance. US permits visualization of blood flow on color D ...
Borderline low conus medullaris ...
Background Isolated borderline low conus medullaris is a frequent finding on screening lumbar sonography of unknown significance that often prompts ...
Image Gently: Challenges for ra ...
The development of digital radiography (DR) has provided numerous benefits for pediatric imaging, including the ability to post-process images and t ...
MRI for the evaluation of pectu ...
Pectus excavatum, the most common congenital deformity of the anterior chest wall, is both a cosmetic and functional abnormality. The degree of abno ...
Volumetric fat-water separated ...
Background Pediatric body MRI exams often cover multiple body parts, making the development of broadly applicable protocols and obtaining uniform fa ...
A rare case of primary hyperoxa ...
We describe the first reported case to our knowledge of an infant presenting with the extremely rare association of primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH ...
Radiation dose for thoracic and ...
Background For coronary artery visualization, retrospective ECG-gated acquisition by dual-source computed tomography (DSCT) was superior to spiral n ...
Unexpected MRI findings in clin ...
Background In the setting of clinically suspected Legg- Calvé-Perthes (LCP) disease and negative/equivocal radiographs, contrast-enhanced MRI can be ...