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High-pitch CT, decreasing need for sedation and its potential side effects: some practical considerations and future directions by Westra, Sjirk J.

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Artificial intelligence-assisted interpretation of bone age radiographs improves accuracy and decreases variability by Tajmir, Shahein H., Lee, Hyunkwang, Shailam, Randheer, Gale, Heather I., Nguyen, Jie C., Westra, Sjirk J., Lim, Ruth, Yune, Sehyo, Gee, Michael S., Do, Synho

“…Objective Radiographic bone age assessment (BAA) is used in the evaluation of pediatric endocrine and metabolic disorders. We previously developed an automated…”
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Fetal dose evaluation for body CT examinations of pregnant patients during all stages of pregnancy by Li, Xinhua, Yang, Kai, Westra, Sjirk J., Liu, Bob

“…•For each pregnant patient undergoing body CT, a z-axis dose profile can be calculated, considering the maternal body size, scan range, CTDIvol, and tube…”
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Imaging in support of the clinical diagnoses of COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children by Trout, Andrew T., Westra, Sjirk J.

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Case 17-2022: A 17-Year-Old Boy with Chest Pain by Arya, Puneeta, Westra, Sjirk J., Benavidez, Oscar J., Natter, Marc D., Murali, Mandakolathur R.

“…A 17-year-old boy was admitted to the pediatric ICU with chest pain, syncope, electrocardiographic abnormalities, and elevated creatine kinase and troponin T…”
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The communication of the radiation risk from CT in relation to its clinical benefit in the era of personalized medicine: Part 2: benefits versus risk of CT by Westra, Sjirk J.

“…In order to personalize the communication of the CT risk, we need to describe the risk in the context of the clinical benefit of CT, which will generally be…”
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Case 3-2023: A 16-Year-Old Girl with Abdominal Pain and Bloody Diarrhea by Kahn, Stacy A., Leonard, Maureen M., Westra, Sjirk J., Hausmann, Jonathan S., Mueller, Sarah B.

“…A 16-year-old girl was admitted with abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea of 5 weeks’ duration. Colonoscopy revealed multiple friable lesions in the sigmoid…”
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The communication of the radiation risk from CT in relation to its clinical benefit in the era of personalized medicine: Part 1: the radiation risk from CT by Westra, Sjirk J.

“…The theory of radiation carcinogenesis has been debated for decades. Most estimates of the radiation risks from CT have been based on extrapolations from the…”
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Case 30-2022: A Newborn Girl with Hypoglycemia by Sen, Sarbattama, Westra, Sjirk J., Matute, Juan D., Sherwood, Jordan S., High, Frances A., Kwan, Melanie C.

“…A newborn girl was admitted to the neonatal ICU with prolonged hypoglycemia. At 34 weeks of gestation, an ultrasonographic survey of the fetal anatomy had…”
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Radiation Dose Reduction with Hybrid Iterative Reconstruction for Pediatric CT by SINGH, Sarabjeet, KALRA, Mannudeep K, SHENOY-BHANGLE, Anuradha S, SAINI, Aashna, GERVAIS, Debra A, WESTRA, Sjirk J, THRALL, James H

“…To assess image quality and radiation dose reduction with hybrid iterative reconstruction of pediatric chest and abdominal computed tomographic (CT) data…”
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Pediatric Chest CT Diagnostic Reference Ranges: Development and Application by Strauss, Keith J, Goske, Marilyn J, Towbin, Alexander J, Sengupta, Debapriya, Callahan, Michael J, Darge, Kassa, Podberesky, Daniel J, Frush, Donald P, Maxfield, Charles, Westra, Sjirk J, Prince, Jeffrey S, Wu, Huimin, Bhargavan-Chatfield, Mythreyi

“…Purpose To determine diagnostic reference ranges on the basis of the size of a pediatric patient's chest and to develop a method to estimate computed…”
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Dose reduction and compliance with pediatric CT protocols adapted to patient size, clinical indication, and number of prior studies by Singh, Sarabjeet, Kalra, Mannudeep K, Moore, Michael A, Shailam, Randheer, Liu, Bob, Toth, Thomas L, Grant, Ellen, Westra, Sjirk J

“…To assess compliance and resultant radiation dose reduction with new pediatric chest and abdominal computed tomographic (CT) protocols based on patient weight,…”
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Patient-level dose monitoring in computed tomography: tracking cumulative dose from multiple multi-sequence exams with tube current modulation in children by Tabari, Azadeh, Li, Xinhua, Yang, Kai, Liu, Bob, Gee, Michael S., Westra, Sjirk J.

“…Background In children exposed to multiple computed tomography (CT) exams, performed with varying z-axis coverage and often with tube current modulation, it is…”
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Mutations in TBX18 Cause Dominant Urinary Tract Malformations via Transcriptional Dysregulation of Ureter Development by Vivante, Asaf, Kleppa, Marc-Jens, Schulz, Julian, Kohl, Stefan, Sharma, Amita, Chen, Jing, Shril, Shirlee, Hwang, Daw-Yang, Weiss, Anna-Carina, Kaminski, Michael M., Shukrun, Rachel, Kemper, Markus J., Lehnhardt, Anja, Beetz, Rolf, Sanna-Cherchi, Simone, Verbitsky, Miguel, Gharavi, Ali G., Stuart, Helen M., Feather, Sally A., Goodship, Judith A., Goodship, Timothy H.J., Woolf, Adrian S., Westra, Sjirk J., Doody, Daniel P., Bauer, Stuart B., Lee, Richard S., Adam, Rosalyn M., Lu, Weining, Reutter, Heiko M., Kehinde, Elijah O., Mancini, Erika J., Lifton, Richard P., Tasic, Velibor, Lienkamp, Soeren S., Jüppner, Harald, Kispert, Andreas, Hildebrandt, Friedhelm

“…Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT) are the most common cause of chronic kidney disease in the first three decades of life…”
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Diagnostic reference ranges for pediatric abdominal CT by Goske, Marilyn J, Strauss, Keith J, Coombs, Laura P, Mandel, Keith E, Towbin, Alexander J, Larson, David B, Callahan, Michael J, Darge, Kassa, Podberesky, Daniel J, Frush, Donald P, Westra, Sjirk J, Prince, Jeffrey S

“…To develop diagnostic reference ranges (DRRs) and a method for an individual practice to calculate site-specific reference doses for computed tomographic (CT)…”
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Case 4-2017: A 2-Month-Old Girl with Growth Retardation and Respiratory Failure by Kinane, T. Bernard, Lin, Angela E, Lahoud-Rahme, Manuella, Westra, Sjirk J, Mark, Eugene J

“…A 2-month-old girl presented with respiratory failure and growth retardation. Imaging revealed periventricular heterotopia (which her mother and grandmother…”
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Radiation Dose Reduction in Pediatric Cardiac Computed Tomography: Experience from a Tertiary Medical Center by Ghoshhajra, Brian B., Lee, Ashley M., Engel, Leif-Christopher, Celeng, Csilla, Kalra, Mannudeep K., Brady, Thomas J., Hoffmann, Udo, Westra, Sjirk J., Abbara, Suhny

“…Cardiac CT angiography (cCTA) has become an established method for the assessment of congenital heart disease. However, the potential harmful effects of…”
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Case 20-2015: A Newborn Girl with Hypotension, Coagulopathy, Anemia, and Hyperbilirubinemia by Roumiantsev, Serguei, Shah, Uzma, Westra, Sjirk J, Misdraji, Joseph

“…A newborn girl was transferred to this hospital because of hypotension, coagulopathy, anemia, and hyperbilirubinemia. Generalized edema, anuria, and…”
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Development and validation of image quality scoring criteria (IQSC) for pediatric CT: a preliminary study by Padole, Atul M., Sagar, Pallavi, Westra, Sjirk J., Lim, Ruth, Nimkin, Katherine, Kalra, Mannudeep K., Gee, Michael S., Rehani, Madan M.

“…Objective To develop and assess the value and limitations of an image quality scoring criteria (IQSC) for pediatric CT exams. Methods IQSC was developed for…”
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Urinary Tract Infection—Child by Karmazyn, Boaz K., MD, Alazraki, Adina L, MD, Anupindi, Sudha A., MD, Dempsey, Molly E., MD, Dillman, Jonathan R., MD, Dorfman, Scott R., MD, Garber, Matthew D., MD, Moore, Sheila G., MD, Peters, Craig A., MD, Rice, Henry E., MD, Rigsby, Cynthia K., MD, Safdar, Nabile M., MD, MPH, Simoneaux, Stephen F., MD, Trout, Andrew T., MD, Westra, Sjirk J., MD, Wootton-Gorges, Sandra L., MD, Coley, Brian D., MD

“…Abstract Urinary tract infection (UTI) is common in young children and may cause pyelonephritis and renal scarring. Long-term complications from renal scarring…”
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