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Bone Neoplasms: Osteosarcoma and Ewing Sarcoma
Malignant primary bone tumors in children are most often osteosarcoma or Ewing sarcoma. These two entities make up approximately 90% of all pediatric bone malignancies, with chondrosarcoma being infrequent in ...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Histiocytoses are rare disorders characterized by the pathological proliferation of monocyte and macrophage lineages, of which Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis (LCH) is the most common [1, 2]. Historically, the ...
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Establishing a magnetic resonance safety program
Establishing a magnetic resonance (MR) safety program is crucial to ensuring the safe MR imaging of pediatric patients. The organizational structure includes a core safety council and broader safety committee ...
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Lipoblastoma: computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging features correlate with tumor behavior and pathology
Lipoblastoma is a rare benign neoplasm of immature fat cells in children. Imaging appearances are frequently complex, sometimes simulating liposarcoma.
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Open AccessDiagnostic journey and impact of enzyme replacement therapy for mucopolysaccharidosis IVA: a sibling control study
Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IVA, also known as Morquio A syndrome, is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency in the enzyme N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase. Early recogni...
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Evaluation of chronic carotid artery occlusion by non-contrast 3D-MERGE MR vessel wall imaging: comparison with 3D-TOF-MRA, contrast-enhanced MRA, and DSA
To analyze the accuracy of a non-contrast MR vessel wall imaging technique, three-dimensional motion-sensitized driven equilibrium prepared rapid gradient echo (3D-MERGE) for diagnosing chronic carotid artery ...
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Solitary long-bone epiphyseal lesions in children: radiologic–pathological correlation and epidemiology
Solitary epiphyseal lesions are rare and present with nonspecific imaging features. Knowledge regarding etiologies of pediatric epiphyseal lesions is limited to small studies.
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Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging of pediatric cancer predisposition syndromes: special considerations, challenges and perspective
Cancer predisposition syndromes increase the incidence of tumors during childhood and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Imaging is paramount for ensuring early detection of neoplasms, im...
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Proximal radius fractures in children: evaluation of associated elbow fractures
Additional fractures occur in association with proximal radius fractures, but the extent of these secondary injuries has not been systematically assessed.
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Open AccessImaging of non-neuronopathic Gaucher disease: recent advances in quantitative imaging and comprehensive assessment of disease involvement
Gaucher disease is an inherited metabolic disorder resulting in deficiency of lysosomal enzyme β-glucocerebrosidase causing the accumulation of abnormal macrophages (“Gaucher cells”) within multiple organs, mo...
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Variability in billing practices for whole-body magnetic resonance imaging
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Wall enhancement of intracranial unruptured aneurysm is associated with increased rupture risk and traditional risk factors
Aneurysm wall enhancement (AWE) on MRI has been considered an imaging marker to indicate active aneurysm inflammation, but no prospective studies have assessed the ability of AWE to predict rupture risk or gro...
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Open AccessIdentification of high-risk plaque features in intracranial atherosclerosis: initial experience using a radiomic approach
To evaluate a quantitative radiomic approach based on high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HR-MRI) to differentiate acute/sub-acute symptomatic basilar artery plaque from asymptomatic plaque.
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From imaging to reimbursement: what the pediatric radiologist needs to know about health care payers, documentation, coding and billing
Medical coding and billing processes in the United States are complex, cumbersome and poorly understood by radiologists. Despite the direct implications of radiology documentation on reimbursement, trainees an...
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Documentation, coding, and billing: what abdominal radiologists need to know
This article reviews basic concepts of report documentation for abdominal imaging examinations, focusing on practical elements for ensuring appropriate physician reimbursement. Nuances of abdominal radiography...
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Comparison of high-resolution MRI with CT angiography and digital subtraction angiography for the evaluation of middle cerebral artery atherosclerotic steno-occlusive disease
Intracranial atherosclerotic disease is increasingly recognized as a major stroke subtype worldwide. Current diagnostic evaluation of atherosclerotic disease of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) relies on detec...
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Open AccessCharacterization of healing following atherosclerotic carotid plaque rupture in acutely symptomatic patients: an exploratory study using in vivo cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Carotid plaque rupture, characterized by ruptured fibrous cap (FC), is associated with subsequent cerebrovascular events. However, ruptured FC may heal following stroke and convey decreased risk of future even...
