Meet the Minnies finalists; guidelines reduce head CTs in kids

Dear AuntMinnie Member,

The votes have been counted and the finalists selected in the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com's annual event to recognize excellence in radiology.

Over the past two weeks, our panel of experts has selected the finalists competing in each of our 14 categories, from Most Influential Radiology Researcher to Best New Radiology Vendor. Now, just a few more weeks remain before our winners are announced to the world.

Find out who the final candidates are by clicking here, or visit minnies.auntminnie.com.

Guidelines reduce head CTs in kids

In other news, a new study presented this week at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) meeting in San Francisco found that U.S. researchers were able to significantly reduce the number of head CT scans performed in children suspected of having traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Imaging was reduced not by restricting the number of initial scans for children with TBI, but by paring the number of follow-up studies in children who had suspected abnormalities in their initial exam. Find out how they did it by clicking here.

In other news from the AAP show, learn how surgeons used fetal MRI to predict survival and guide treatment of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Fetuses with larger lung volumes as measured by MRI had better chances of survival, while those with lower volumes needed more intensive treatment. That article is available by clicking here.

And finally, learn how well surgical residents performed when using ultrasound to diagnose appendicitis by clicking here, or visit our Pediatric Imaging Digital Community at pediatric.auntminnie.com.