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Designed to provide users with a multi-departmental imaging solution, the BodyTom 64 combines innovation and power to elevate the diagnostic experience. (Photo: Business Wire)
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
NeuroLogica Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of BodyTom 64

November 30, 2022 — NeuroLogica Corp., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., announced that its head-to-toe ...

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Figure 2. The cortical thickness of prefrontal regions is negatively associated with weight and BMI measurements, meaning that higher weight and BMI are related to lower cortical thickness.
News | Pediatric Imaging
Obesity Linked to Poor Brain Health in Children

November 28, 2022 — Using MRI data from the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United ...

Time November 28, 2022
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Figure 1. Volume changes in patients with ADHD. Children with ADHD tend to have lower cortical volume, especially in temporal and frontal lobes.
News | Pediatric Imaging
Researchers Identify Brain Markers of ADHD in Children

November 23, 2022 — Researchers analyzing the data from MRI exams on nearly 8,000 children have identified biomarkers of ...

Time November 23, 2022
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Figure 1. Left: Fetal brain post-intrauterine alcohol exposure in fetus between 25 and 29 gestational weeks. Note the smooth cortex in frontoparietal and temporal lobes. Right: Brain of matched healthy control case in fetus between 25 and 28 gestational weeks. The superior temporal sulcus is already bilaterally formed (red arrows) and appears deeper on the right hemisphere than on the left.
News | Pediatric Imaging
Drinking During Pregnancy Changes Baby’s Brain Structure

November 22, 2022 — A new MRI study revealed that consumption of alcohol even in low to moderate amounts during ...

Time November 22, 2022
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33-year-old patient (gestational age, 30 weeks and 6 days), without in utero opioid exposure, who underwent fetal MRI
News | Pediatric Imaging
MRI Findings in Opioid-Exposed Fetuses Show Smaller Brain Size

September 29, 2022 — According to an open-access Editor’s Choice article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR ...

Time September 29, 2022
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Free-breathing phase-resolved functional lung (PREFUL) low-field MRI at 0.55T with calculated parameters at an axial plane after automatic registration to a mid-expiration position and lung parenchyma segmentation. From left to right, representative color-coded images of functional show ventilation defects (VDP, blue), perfusion defects (QDP, red), ventilation/perfusion (V/Q match, green), ventilation/perfusion defects (V/Q defect, purple) in a healthy control (upper row, 7-year-old male), a participant rec
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Lasting Lung Damage Seen in Children and Teens after COVID

September 20, 2022 — Children and adolescents who have either recovered from COVID-19 or have long COVID show persistent ...

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News | Pediatric Imaging
Jack Martin Fund Gives $3.5 Million to Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital to Establish State-of-the-Art Child and Adolescent Imaging Center

August 3, 2022 — The Jack Martin Fund (JMF) has built on its partnership with the Mount Sinai Health System to provide ...

Time August 03, 2022
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UNC School of Medicine researchers documented significant decrease in neural flexibility across the entire brain of children with ADHD and throughout sub-networks considered crucial to cognitive flexibility
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Researchers Use MRI to Show Brain Changes, Differences in Children with ADHD 

July 27, 2022 — Multitasking is not just an office skill. It’s key to functioning as a human, and it involves something ...

Time July 27, 2022
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Zoltan Patay, MD, PhD
News | Pediatric Imaging
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Mourns Loss of Zoltan Patay, MD, PhD

July 27, 2022 — St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has announced that Zoltan Patay, MD, PhD, Department of Diagnostic ...

Time July 27, 2022
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(A) Axial and (B) coronal reformatted images from CT performed with IV contrast material show segmental visualization of main pancreatic duct (arrow). One of three reviewers described main duct dilation as present. Agreement among reviewers on CT for main duct dilatation was substantial (κ=0.63).
News | Pediatric Imaging
CT, MRI for Pediatric Pancreatitis

March 9, 2022 — According to an open-access Editor’s Choice article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) ...

Time March 09, 2022
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The LEGO Foundation has announced it will donate 600 LEGO MRI Scanners to hospitals worldwide to help children cope with the uncertainty of having a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
The LEGO Foundation Donates LEGO MRI Scanners to Hospitals

February 23, 2022 — The LEGO Foundation has announced it will donate 600 LEGO MRI Scanners to hospitals worldwide to ...

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Dr. Lee will be formally recognized as the 2022 ARRS Gold Medalist during the opening ceremony of the ARRS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA on Sunday, May 1, 2022. Image courtesy of Dr. Edward Y. Lee, American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)
News | Radiology Business
American Roentgen Ray Society awards 2022 ARRS Gold Medal to Edward Lee

February 4, 2022 — The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) announced that Edward Y. Lee, MD, MPH of Boston Children’s ...

Time February 04, 2022
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Orlando Simonetti (right) works with MRI technologist Heather Hermiller to operate a new FDA-approved MRI machine that he helped develop. The machine has a lower magnetic field and larger patient opening, expanding access to patients who were previously unable to undergo MRI.
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
New FDA-approved MRI Expands Access to Life-saving Imaging

January 18, 2022 — Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful medical tool that provides detailed images of ...

Time January 18, 2022
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According to an article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), whole-spine MRI commonly demonstrates isolated thoracolumbar injuries in children with suspected abusive head trauma. #childabuse #pediatricimaging
News | Pediatric Imaging
Whole Spine MRI in Suspected Child Abuse

January 12, 2022 — According to an article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), whole-spine MRI commonly ...

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Newborn babies with heart defects frequently exhibit abnormal extracardiac development of the brain or other organs as well. Fetal MRI, a magnetic resonance imaging procedure that can be performed on the unborn child, can detect these abnormalities at an early stage.
News | Pediatric Imaging
Fetal MRI is a Valuable Adjunct to Ultrasound in Detecting Abnormal Extracardiac Development in Fetuses with Congenital Heart Defects

December 24, 2021 — Newborn babies with heart defects frequently exhibit abnormal extracardiac development of the brain ...

Time December 24, 2021
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Diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia in children usually involves X-rays, despite recommendations to limit their use by professional societies. In efforts to reduce radiation exposure from x-rays in children and reinforce guideline compliance, researchers from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and colleagues developed a simple diagnostic model that accurately predicts whether patients are at high risk or low risk for community acquired pneumonia, eliminating the need for x-ray
News | Pediatric Imaging
Simple Diagnostic Model for Pneumonia in Kids to Reduce Need for X-rays

December 15, 2021 — Diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia in children usually involves X-rays, despite ...

Time December 15, 2021
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Figure 1. MRI super-resolution reconstruction and atlas-based tissue segmentation. (A, B) Postprocessed MRI super-resolution reconstructions in axial and sagittal planes of a fetus at 26+6 GW. (C, D) Respective manually corrected atlas-based tissue segmentation.
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
MRI Reveals Altered Brain Structure in Fetuses Exposed to Alcohol

December 1, 2021 — In the first MRI-based study to investigate prenatal alcohol exposure, researchers found significant ...

Time December 01, 2021
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Figure 1. Significant alterations in the brain’s white matter in adolescents with ASD.
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Autism Changes Brain’s White Matter over Time

November 23, 2021 — Researchers at Yale University analyzing specialized MRI exams found significant changes in the ...

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Figure 1. MRI images of the brain, with the default mode network (DMN) highlighted in orange/red. The DMN is active during periods of wakeful rest, when the mind is not focused on a particular task. The green and blue arrows point to areas of the network that are disrupted in adolescent patients with concussions.
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Multiple Concussions Can Disrupt Brain Connectivity in Teens

November 22, 2021 — Adolescents and young adults with post-concussive symptoms who suffered three to five concussions ...

Time November 22, 2021
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The FDA authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Oct. 29 for the prevention of COVID-19 in children 5 to 11 years of age. This was based on a safety review of more than 3,000 patients receiving the vaccine ages 5-11. #COVID19 #COVIDvaccine #COVID #SARSCoV2. Getty Images
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Ages 5-11

November 5, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID ...

Time November 05, 2021
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