Pediatric Radiology: Page 18

Austrian research focuses on obese kids' knee damage
By Rebekah Moan
Morbidly obese children and adolescents show major abnormalities in their knee cartilage, but whether obesity alone is the causal factor of these changes remains to be determined, according to a prospective study published online in European Radiology.
October 4, 2011
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Watch out for lymph nodes on pediatric chest CT
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The presence of lymph nodes on pediatric multidetector chest CT images are more common than a radiologist might expect due to the detection capabilities of contemporary CT scanners, concluded a study published online in European Radiology.
September 20, 2011
Debate grows over how to use x-ray to diagnose mild pneumonia
By Frances Rylands-Monk
The authors of a French-language article in press published by the influential journal Archives de Pédiatrie have called for further prospective and randomized studies in children of all ages to confirm the tendency for not systematically performing an x-ray in the diagnosis of mild pediatric pneumonia.
August 11, 2011
Radiology plays key role in pediatric thoracic emergencies
By Cynthia E. Keen
Children who are having difficulty breathing or swallowing are among the most common patients admitted to hospital emergency departments. Radiologists can help clinicians make a rapid diagnosis, start the appropriate treatment, and avoid complications in these nontraumatic thoracic emergency cases.
July 20, 2011
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German researchers look again at radiation protection
By Cynthia E. Keen
In a typical tertiary care hospital in Germany, only 30% of pediatric imaging exams performed emit ionizing radiation. For these procedures, however, radiation dose exposure needs to be kept low due to the patients' highly radiosensitive tissues, according to a new study.
July 10, 2011
Row breaks out over quality of care at top pediatric hospital
By Philip Ward
Fresh evidence of the extreme tensions that can arise between radiologists, hospital management, and the media has been provided by a very public dispute resulting from a controversial article in a U.K. national newspaper during the weekend.
July 5, 2011
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New method facilitates dose modification before pediatric CT
By Becky McCall
Radiation protection experts have developed a means of generating the size-specific dose estimate to assist management of the dose received by pediatric patients undergoing CT scans. The results were presented at the recent International Pediatric Radiology meeting in London.
June 20, 2011
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U.K. program adds pediatric skeleton imaging
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A U.K. Department of Health program has added pediatric skeleton image interpretation sessions to its e-learning program, which will for the first time be available outside the National Health Service.
June 1, 2011
Philips partners with charity on Moscow pediatric unit
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare is partnering with the cancer charity the Grant Life Foundation to provide imaging technology to a new Children's Oncology complex in Moscow, which opened yesterday.
June 1, 2011
CT pioneer puts renewed emphasis on cutting pediatric dose
By Becky McCall
The radiation dose of CT can be reduced by up to 80% by manipulating different components of a scan, and it is possible to lower dose from 5 mSv to 1 mSv, Willi Kalender, PhD, told delegates at the radiation safety summit of the International Pediatric Radiology 2011 meeting.
May 30, 2011
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CT exams for U.K. kids doubled from 1993-2003
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The frequency of CT exams performed in Northern England on children and young adults up to 21 years of age more than doubled between 1993 and 2003, according to a trend analysis published online 19 May in Pediatric Radiology.
May 25, 2011
Teleradiology can bolster global campaign against child abuse
By Philip Ward
Lossless compression and transfer of medical images should replace the dangerous, but alarmingly common, practice of sending files by regular mail in suspected cases of child abuse, according to radiologists from six leading U.K. pediatric hospitals.
May 3, 2011
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