Publications by authors named "F Verhelle"
Purpose: To optimize our standard full-spine radiography with respect to diagnostic quality and dose.
Methods: A phantom study was performed to establish an optimal posterior-anterior view (PA) full spine protocol having the lowest dose with non-inferior quality compared to standard. We then applied this protocol in 40 pediatric patients (group B).
This study describes a radiographic survey of the anatomical development of the distal extremity of the manus in the donkey from 0 to 2 years of age. The right distal limb of 10 donkey foals, born in the spring of 2012, underwent radiographs every month for the first 6 months of age and every 3 months during the following 18 months. Latero-medial radiographs with and without barium marker at the coronary band and dorso-palmar radiographs with both front feet in weight bearing were obtained.
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- A first DTI atlas for white matter tracts in the feline brain was created to highlight the significance of DTI in understanding brain anatomy in cats, compared to previously published dog brain images.
- The study involved analyzing DTI MR images from four cats euthanized for non-neurological reasons, using advanced imaging techniques shortly after death.
- Findings revealed notable differences in brain structure between cats and dogs, particularly with the limbic system's prominence in cats and the overall characteristics of white matter fiber bundles.
Objective: To retrospectively compare image quality of a lowered dose CT protocol to a standard CT protocol in children with suspicion of craniosynostosis.
Methods: Forty-eight patients (age 0- 35 months), who presented with a cranial deformity underwent cranial 3D CT to assess sutural patency: between 2009 - 2010, 24 patients were imaged with a standard protocol (CTDIvol 32.18 mGy), from 2011-2012, 24 underwent a low dose protocol (0.
Purpose: To investigate a computed tomographic (CT) protocol with iterative reconstruction at conventional radiography dose levels for the assessment of structural lung abnormalities in patients with cystic fibrosis ( CF cystic fibrosis ).
Materials And Methods: In this institutional review board-approved study, 38 patients with CF cystic fibrosis (age range, 6-58 years; 21 patients <18 years and 17 patients >18 years) underwent investigative CT (at minimal exposure settings combined with iterative reconstruction) as a replacement of yearly follow-up posteroanterior chest radiography. Verbal informed consent was obtained from all patients or their parents.