Pediatric Radiology

Rapid MRI for pediatric appendicitis needs its own CPT code

By Kate Madden Yee

The cost of a rapid appendicitis MRI exam for children is much less than other MRI examinations billed with CPT codes often used for appendicitis MRI.

June 17, 2024

Lung ultrasound can guide respiratory therapies for newborns

By Amerigo Allegretto

Lung ultrasound can accurately guide therapies in late preterm through full-term neonates with respiratory failure that occurs shortly after birth.

May 28, 2024

ISMRM: Communication, multidisciplinary engagement key to pediatric MRI

By Amerigo Allegretto

Communication and engagement with child-life specialists are factors in successful MR imaging for children, according to an ISMRM presentation.

May 3, 2024

Automatic organ segmentation model now available for testing with pediatric CTs

By Liz Carey

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center researchers have made their algorithm available as an open-source application for further CT research.

May 2, 2024

FDA approves Lutathera for some pediatric patients

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The FDA has approved a new indication for Novartis' Lutathera.

May 1, 2024

MR elastography effective for assessing liver stiffness in children

By Kate Madden Yee

MR elastography is an effective technique for noninvasive monitoring of liver stiffness -- a surrogate for fibrosis -- in children and young adults with autoimmune liver disease, researchers have reported.

April 19, 2024

Protocols, resources can reduce CT use in child appendectomy patients

By Amerigo Allegretto

Developing protocols and having resources available are ways hospitals can limit radiation exposure from CT to pediatric appendectomy patients.

March 20, 2024

Enlarged perivascular spaces in infant brains linked to autism risk

By Kate Madden Yee

Infants with enlarged perivascular spaces have a more than two-fold greater chance of developing autism compared to infants with normal-sized perivascular spaces.

January 3, 2024

Nonphysician providers often used in pediatric radiology settings

By Amerigo Allegretto

A survey study described current workforce trends in pediatric radiology, including the use of nonphysician providers in the area.

December 12, 2023

Brain MRI radiomics help predict poor newborn neurodevelopment

By Kate Madden Yee

Combining radiomic features extracted from brain MRI exams with clinical ones helps predict poor neurodevelopment in preterm newborns.

December 5, 2023

CT imaging increases children's blood cancer risk

By Kate Madden Yee

Children who undergo CT imaging are at increased risk of blood cancer, according to a team of investigators.

November 13, 2023

Children with Down syndrome are exposed to more radiation

By Will Morton

Children with Down syndrome experience significantly more medical imaging and higher radiation exposure than other children.

September 14, 2023

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