Publications by authors named "H J Paltiel"
Article Synopsis
- - The white paper highlights seven key challenges in radiology, including issues like declining reimbursement and labor shortages, which are critical for the profession’s future sustainability.
- - It emphasizes the impact of corporatization, imaging appropriateness, and burnout on radiologists, alongside the ongoing conflicts with nonphysicians and the need for improved workflow efficiency.
- - The Intersociety Summer Conference-2023 gathered experts to discuss these challenges and brainstorm potential solutions to ensure the viability of the radiology field moving forward.
Objective: Proximal femoral growth disturbance (PFGD) is a significant complication associated with surgical treatment of infant hip dislocation. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CEMRI) has been utilized to assess perfusion in these hips and avoid PFGD. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is an imaging technique utilized to evaluate perfusion in other organs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To determine the added diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in pediatric chest abnormalities by comparing interpretation of CEUS studies and confidence level to conventional US studies.
Methods: CEUS studies in patients with a variety of clinically suspected chest abnormalities performed between 2016 and 2020 were reviewed and compared to same-day conventional US studies. Examinations were independently interpreted by 4 radiologists blinded to clinical and other imaging data.
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- The study investigates the accuracy of contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (ceVUS) using Optison™ for diagnosing vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in children, comparing it to the traditional method of fluoroscopic voiding cystourethrography (VCUG).
- A total of 97 children with 101 paired studies were reviewed, revealing that ceVUS had similar sensitivity and specificity for VUR detection as VCUG, with both raters showing high inter-rater agreement on grading.
- The findings suggest that ceVUS is an effective alternative to VCUG for VUR diagnosis, although the study also notes some factors, like fetal hydronephrosis, that may affect rater agreement