Pediatric Radiology: Page 16

Proton therapy shows promise in children

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Children are not just little adults, Dr. Anita Mahajan told attendees at the recent Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group meeting in Essen, Germany. Proton therapy is an ideal fit for children, but comes with unique challenges and constraints, she said.

July 3, 2013

Philips' MRI unit to be used in mapping fetal and babies' brains

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare's Achieva TX MRI system and its Avalon fetal monitor will be used at sites in the U.K. to map fetal brains and babies' brains after birth.

June 9, 2013

Lancet: MRI offers alternative to conventional autopsies

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Minimally invasive autopsies, using a combination of MRI and other techniques such as blood tests, can determine the cause of death in fetuses and babies nearly as well as conventional autopsies, researchers concluded in a new study published in Lancet.

May 15, 2013

Finland acts to protect children from excess radiation dose

By Cynthia E. Keen

Image Gently, the international campaign to protect children from unnecessary radiation dose exposure, is practiced avidly in Finland. A network of PACS throughout the country helps make this possible, according to a recent article in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

May 13, 2013

CT postprocessing can aid evaluation of pediatric airways

By Erik L. Ridley

Because it's noninvasive and doesn't require anesthesia, CT postprocessing offers significant advantages over the gold standard of bronchoscopy for evaluating pediatric airways. Yet there are even more benefits, according to an article published recently in Pediatric Radiology.

March 31, 2013

MRI points to distinct signature for brains of kids with migraines

By Rosemary Frei

Children with migraine headaches have a characteristic pattern of gray-matter changes that may be useful as a biomarker of the condition, according to Italian investigators who presented their findings at the American Academy of Neurology's 2013 annual meeting.

March 31, 2013