Fellows’ Journal Club The authors reviewed clinical charts and images of patients 18 years of age or younger with ≥4 gadobenatedimeglumine–enhanced MRIs for 6 years. Seventy-six children (60 unconfounded by treatment, 16 with radiochemotherapy) met the selection criteria. T1 signal
Merrow AC Jr. Diagnostic Imaging: Pediatrics. 3rd ed. Elsevier; 2017; 1312 pp; 2500 ill; $442.00 Although written primarily for pediatric radiologists, the third edition of Diagnostic Imaging: Pediatrics, published by Elsevier, contains an abundance of material for the neuroradiologist. In fact, there are
Brandão LA, ed. Mukherji SK, consulting ed. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America: Pediatric Brain Tumors Update. Elsevier; 2017;27(1):1–194; $365.00 As a follow-up to the last issue (November 2016) of the Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, which dealt with adult brain
Fellows’ Journal Club The authors set out to determine the maximum level of statistical iterative reconstruction that can be used to establish dose-reduced head CT protocols in a primarily pediatric population while maintaining similar appearance and level of image noise
Sidhu PS, Ryan SM, Lung PFC. FRCR 2B Viva: A Case-Based Approach. Thieme; 2014; 304 pgs; 409 illustrations; $59.99 This 304-page softcover book is another in a long line of publications aimed at trainees (in this case, those studying for
Fellows’ Journal Club May 2014 (2 of 3) A sample of 21 patients with sickle cell disease were assessed with SWI and compared with controls. The MRI findings were correlated with hematologic parameters. Venous volumes were lower in the SCD
An 11-year-old boy was involved in a car accident and presented in a semicomatous state. Clinically he was diagnosed as having sustained a diffuse axonal injury and was treated conservatively. A brain MRI was performed one month following injury and
