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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Significance of epiphyseal cart ...
Background Epiphyseal cartilage enhancement defects (ED) may occur in the setting of epiphyseal osteomyelitis (OM), and its significance is uncertai ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pediatric uroradiology: state o ...
Recent years have witnessed major strides in imaging modalities, including US and contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography, fluoroscopy, CT and MRI, ...
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 ...
Ultrasonographic evaluation of ...
Background Free intraperitoneal fluid can be an important sign in an abdominal inflammatory process or abdominal trauma. It is often present in chil ...
Unilateral absence of pulmonary ...
Background Unilateral absence of pulmonary artery (UAPA) is a rare congenital anomaly with few published studies focusing on anatomy and outcome. O ...
Focal nodular hyperplasia in ch ...
Background Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is a benign hepatic tumor that is rare in children. In order to understand whether there are differences ...
Imaging of biliary disorders in ...
Biliary atresia and related disorders of the biliary tree, such as choledochal cyst, must be considered in the differential diagnosis of prolonged c ...
Update on congenital nephrotic ...
The clinical classification of nephrotic syndrome (NS) is based on age at presentation. However, this classification is arbitrary because the majori ...
Individualized volume CT dose i ...
Background A practical body-size adaptive protocol providing uniform image noise at various kV levels is not available for pediatric CT. Objective ...
Interloop fluid in intussuscept ...
Background Sonography has been used to predict pneumatic reduction outcome in children with intussusception. Objective To assess the prognostic sign ...