2020
Reducing Radiation Dose and Contrast Medium Volume With Application of Dual-Energy CT in Children and Young Adults.
Tabari A, Gee M, Singh R, Lim R, Nimkin K, Primak A, Schmidt B, Kalra M. Reducing Radiation Dose and Contrast Medium Volume With Application of Dual-Energy CT in Children and Young Adults. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2020, 214: 1199-1205. PMID: 32286868, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.19.22231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-energy CTContrast material volumeDS-DECTDual-energy CTRadiation doseThird-generation dual-source CT scannerDual-source dual-energy CTDual-source CT scannerContrast volume reductionCT dose descriptorsMean patient ageApplications of dual-energy CTContrast medium volumeWeight-matched patientsYoung adultsReduce radiation doseLow radiation doseCohen's kappa testConsecutive childrenPatient ageRadiological findingsDose descriptorsPatient demographicsRetrospective studyKappa test
2014
Physical Aspects of Pediatric Nuclear Medicine Imaging
Fahey F, Lim R, El-Fakhri G. Physical Aspects of Pediatric Nuclear Medicine Imaging. 2014, 621-643. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9551-2_27.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNuclear medicine imagingReduction of radiation doseMedicine imagingQuality of nuclear medicine imagingNuclear medicine studiesApplications of nuclear medicineClinical resultsRadiation doseImage quality improvementTomographic reconstructionHybrid imagingMedicine studiesPatientsNuclear medicineChildrenReconstruction technique
2007
Early Experience With Fluorine-18 Sodium Fluoride Bone PET in Young Patients With Back Pain
Lim R, Fahey F, Drubach L, Connolly L, Treves S. Early Experience With Fluorine-18 Sodium Fluoride Bone PET in Young Patients With Back Pain. Journal Of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2007, 27: 277-282. PMID: 17414009, DOI: 10.1097/bpo.0b013e31803409ba.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyBack painYounger patientsPotential sources of back painSource of back painFluorine-18Evaluating young patientsRadiation dosimetryNaF PET scanEnhanced patient throughputPET scansApophyseal injuriesPainTechnetium-99Tracer administrationPatientsRadiation doseSkeletal abnormalitiesPET acquisitionEmission tomographySodium fluorideScintigraphyNinety-fourPatient throughputDosimetry