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Isotropic 3-D T2-weighted spin-echo for abdominal and pelvic MRI in children
MRI has a fundamental role in paediatric imaging. The T2-weighted fast/turbo spin-echo sequence is important because it has high signal-to-noise ratio compared to gradient-echo sequences. It is usually acquire...
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Erratum to: 2011 – year of the bold step?
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2011 – year of the bold step?
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Open AccessImplementing accountability for reasonableness framework at district level in Tanzania: a realist evaluation
Despite the growing importance of the Accountability for Reasonableness (A4R) framework in priority setting worldwide, there is still an inadequate understanding of the processes and mechanisms underlying its ...
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High signal in bone marrow at diffusion-weighted imaging with body background suppression (DWIBS) in healthy children
In our experience, diffusion-weighted imaging with body background suppression (DWIBS) is hard to interpret in children who commonly have foci of restricted diffusion in their skeletons unrelated to pathology,...
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Patterns of shift in ADC distributions in abdominal tumours during chemotherapy—feasibility study
Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) relates to tissue cellularity, and change in ADC during chemotherapy may be a promising tool for assessing oncological response.
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Open AccessThe impact of global health initiatives on trust in health care provision under extreme resource scarcity: presenting an agenda for debate from a case study of emergency obstetric care in Northern Tanzania
Through the nearly three decades that have passed since the Alma Ata conference on Primary Health Care, a wide range of global health initiatives and ideas have been advocated to improve the health of people l...
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Open AccessWomen's experiences and views about costs of seeking malaria chemoprevention and other antenatal services: a qualitative study from two districts in rural Tanzania
The Tanzanian government recommends women who attend antenatal care (ANC) clinics to accept receiving intermittent preventive treatment against malaria during pregnancy (IPTp) and vouchers for insecticide-trea...
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Open AccessAccountable priority setting for trust in health systems - the need for research into a new approach for strengthening sustainable health action in develo** countries
Despite multiple efforts to strengthen health systems in low and middle income countries, intended sustainable improvements in health outcomes have not been shown. To date most priority setting initiatives in ...
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Imaging of abdominal tumours: CT or MRI?
The scope of this review is to discuss a theoretical approach to imaging policy, particularly in the perspective of radiation risk reduction. Decisions are ideally driven by empirical evidence about efficacy a...
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What is the value of magnetic resonance venography in children before renal transplantation?
Radiological evaluation before renal transplantation includes imaging of vascular anatomy, as thrombosis, narrowing and anomalies of the inferior vena cava (IVC) and/or iliac veins (IV) can influence the surgi...
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Imaging of abdominal tumours: CT or MRI?
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Open AccessGadolinium and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: time to tighten practice
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is a relatively new entity, first described in 1997. Few cases have been reported, but the disease has high morbidity and mortality. To date it has been seen exclusively in ...
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Bilateral disease and new trends in Wilms tumour
Wilms tumour is a great therapeutic success story within paediatric oncology; its prognosis is excellent. Although mainly sporadic, occurring in otherwise well children, it occurs in a small number of genetica...
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Open Access2005 PRETEXT: a revised staging system for primary malignant liver tumours of childhood developed by the SIOPEL group
Over the last 15 years, various oncology groups throughout the world have used the PRETEXT system for staging malignant primary liver tumours of childhood. This paper, written by members of the radiology and s...
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Atypical abdominal paediatric lymphangiomatosis: diagnosis aided by diffusion-weighted MRI
We report a 4-year-old child with a mesenteric mass, which on ultrasound, CT and conventional MRI appeared solid, raising lymphoma as a possible diagnosis. Diffusion weighted MRI (DW-MRI), however, suggested a...
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Changes in computed tomography features following preoperative chemotherapy for nephroblastoma: relation to histopathological classification
The objective of this study is to assess computed tomography (CT) changes, both volume estimates and subjective features, following preoperative chemotherapy for nephroblastoma (Wilms’ tumour) in patients trea...
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Chronic pneumonitis of infancy: high-resolution CT findings
Chronic pneumonitis of infancy (CPI) is a very rare entity. We report the chest radiography and high-resolution CT (HRCT) findings in an infant with histopathologically confirmed CPI. The child was admitted fo...
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Routine magnetic resonance imaging of the spine in children with Gaucher disease: does it help therapeutic management?
Routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) surveillance of bone marrow change in patients with Gaucher disease (GD) is recommended, but interpretation of imaging findings in the develo** skeleton may be diffic...
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Skeletal measurements among infants who die during the perinatal period: new population-based reference
Background: Reference data for roentgen skeletal measurements among infants who die during the perinatal period is not available, although it might prove helpful in the study of pre-autopsy radio...
