Pediatric Radiology: Page 11

WhatsApp works well for pediatric ortho trauma
By Brian Casey
Researchers in Israel are finding new clinical uses for WhatsApp, the popular global text messaging platform. Reading images sent to smartphones via WhatsApp showed good agreement with the same images being read on a PACS workstation for pediatric orthopedic surgeons, according to a new study in Pediatric Emergency Care.
July 26, 2017
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EU OK's Bracco's SonoVue for urinary infection in kids
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Bracco Imaging announced that its SonoVue ultrasound contrast agent has obtained approval in the European Union (EU) for use in ultrasonography of the urinary tract for evaluating suspected or known vesicoureteral reflux in pediatric patients.
July 3, 2017
JFR 2017 expands international coverage
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Journées Francophones de Radiologie (JFR) congress will for the second straight year allow non-French speakers to submit oral presentations in English for scientific sessions, according to the French Radiology Society (Société Française de Radiologie, SFR).
June 27, 2017
RoeKo: Macrocyclic contrast shows no signal changes
By Frances Rylands-Monk
A new study of pediatric MRI safety in the brain presented at the 98th German Radiology Congress (Deutscher Röntgenkongress, RöKo 2017) has added to the mounting evidence supporting the superior safety of macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agents when compared with linear MRI contrast.
May 30, 2017
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Study: Reject pelvic x-rays if axial rotation exceeds 10°
By Rebekah Moan
Researchers from Lebanon have found they can estimate the pelvic axial rotation of children and adults during x-ray acquisition, and any x-rays in which the axial rotation exceeds 10° should be discarded.
May 4, 2017
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PET/CT helps assess pediatric brain tumor therapy
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
In a new study published in the May issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Dutch researchers are reporting success with whole-body PET/CT as a way to determine the efficacy of bevacizumab treatment for pediatric brain tumors known as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
May 2, 2017
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Radiology mourns Dr. Helen Carty, 1944-2017
By Philip Ward
Tributes are being paid to Dr. Helen Carty, the leading pediatric radiologist from Liverpool, U.K., who died peacefully at home on 23 April at the age of 72. She was a world expert in imaging of child abuse, the president of ECR 2004, and a gold medalist at ECR 2009.
April 27, 2017
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EFSUMB announces EUROSON 2017 meeting
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) has announced its 2017 European Congress of Ultrasound (EUROSON) will be held 22 to 24 September in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
March 22, 2017
No signal intensity for pediatric patients with macrocyclic GBCA
By Wayne Forrest
German researchers have found additional evidence that the use of a macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) for MRI scans does not increase signal intensity in the dentate nucleus. The new findings come from a study of pediatric patients published online in Radiology.
March 16, 2017
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Monitoring software enables pediatric dose reduction
By Erik L. Ridley
The combination of dose monitoring software and continuing education for radiographers/technologists can produce quantifiable reductions in radiation dose delivered to pediatric patients from conventional radiography studies, according to research presented at ECR 2017 in Vienna.
March 14, 2017
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FDG-PET/CT can direct biopsies for pediatric cancer
By Wayne Forrest
FDG-PET/CT can play a valuable role in directing image-guided biopsies of pediatric cancer patients, given its ability to detect and discern between malignant and benign regions, according to a study by a group from Saudi Arabia and Canada published in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
March 8, 2017
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Fuji completes DR installation at U.K. pediatric hospital
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems has provided its GoFlex mobile digital radiography (DR) system to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital in Manchester, U.K.
January 31, 2017
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