Review the Latest in Imaging Diagnostics

Pediatric Imaging Lectures in this comprehensive review are designed for pediatric radiologists, general radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians with the goal of improving clinical execution and enhancing pediatric health care. Pediatric Imaging Across the Globe will help you to better:

• Discuss research trends regarding the care and imaging of pediatric patients
• Identify common challenges and possible solutions in pediatric care
• Minimize radiation exposure during diagnostic imaging and image-guided therapy
• Understand a wide range of imaging topics, including chest, renovascular, neuroradiology, genitourinary, whole body, musculoskeletal, abdominal, cardiovascular–interventional, infectious disease, and oncological

Chest

• CT or MR for Imaging of Cystic Fibrosis? – Pierluigi Ciet, MD

• Imaging Scoring Systems for Cystic Fibrosis: Helpful or Not? – Paul G. Thacker, MD

• Misplaced Central Venous Catheters in the Chest – George A. Taylor, MD, FACR

• Pre-natal Evaluation of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia – Catherine Garel, MD

• Imaging Interstitial Lung Disease in Children: An Update – Catherine M. Owens, MBBS, FRCR

• MR Imaging Technique of the Chest for Pulmonary Nodule – Sureyya B. Gorkem, MD

Cardiovascular

• Anatomic Causes for Renovascular Hypertension – Jung-Eun Cheon, MD, PhD

• Role of US in Renovascular Hypertension – Ethan A. Smith, MD

• Role of CT in Renovascular Hypertension – Monica Epelman, MD

• Role of Angiography in Renovascular Hypertension – Derek J. Roebuck, MD

Neuroradiology

• Imaging the Premature Brain: New Knowledge – Stein M. Aukland, MD, PhD

• Hydrocephalus: Imaging Update – Nuno Canto Moreira, MD, PhD

• 3-D Printing for Pediatric Neuro Imaging – Sanjay P. Prabhu, MBBS, FRCR

• Abusive Head Trauma: The Role of DWI, SWI and MRS – Jean-Francois Chateil, MD, PhD

• Spinal Findings in the Setting of Child Abuse – Michael A. Breen, MBBCh

• Biomechanics in Spondylolysis – Marcelo Galvez, MD

CT Radiation DRLs and Dose Reporting Guidelines

• CT Radiation DRLs and Dose Reporting Guidelines: US Perspective – Michael J. Callahan, MD

• CT Radiation DRLs and Dose Reporting Guidelines: Europe Perspective – Raija M. Seuri, MD

Genitourinary Imaging

• Current Trends in Pediatric GU Imaging: US Perspective – Jeanne S. Chow, MD

• Current Trends in Pediatric GU Imaging: European Perspective – Pierre-Hugues Vivier, MD, PhD

Scientific Session: Gastrointestinal Radiology

• Ultrasound Imaging of the Spleen – Tips and Tricks to Aid Diagnosis – Samuel Stafrace, MD, MRCP (UK), FRCR, FRCP Edin.

Scientific Session: Oncology & Nuclear Medicine

• Overview of Cancer Therapy Related Toxicities – Govind B. Chavhan, MD, DNB, DABR

Whole Body Imaging

• Whole Body MR: The Basics – Lil-Sofie Ording Muller, MD, PhD

• Whole Body MR: Pitfalls and Incidental Findings – Øystein E. Olsen, MD, PhD

• Whole Body Vascular Imaging – Shreyas S. Vasanawala, MD, PhD

• Whole Body Imaging of Non-Oncologic Disorders – Andrew T. Trout, MD

Fetal Imaging

• Fetal Chest Imaging Update – Christopher I. Cassady, MD, FAAP

• Fetal Neuroimaging Update – Ashley J. Robinson, MB ChB, FRCR, FRCPC

• Post Mortem Imaging from a European Perspective – Owen J. Arthurs, MB BChir, FRCR, PhD

• Post Mortem Imaging from a North American Perspective – Pat Harty, MD and Pierre Schmit, MD

Child Abuse

• Different Perspectives on Follow Up – Joanna J. Fairhurst, MD

Oncology & Hybrid Imaging

• SPECT/CT – Helen R. Nadel, MD, FRCPC

• PET/CT: Strategies for Integrating Diagnostic CT into the PET/CT Examination – Stephan D. Voss, MD, PhD

• PET/MR and Lymphoma: A Model for Quantitative Hybrid Imaging – Paul D. Humphries, MD, FRCR

Value Added Imaging

• Value Added Imaging: Beyond the Platitudes – Richard E. Heller, III, MD, MBA

• The Haptic Radiologist – Johan G. Blickman, MD, PhD

• 24/7 Coverage – Jean-Francois Chateil, MD, PhD

• Adding Value through Efficiency – John D. Strain, MD

Musculoskeletal Imaging

• Ultrasound-Guided Pediatric MSK Procedures – Mahesh M. Thapa, MD

• Surface Lesions of Bone in Children – James S. Meyer, MD

• Brachial Plexus Birth Injury: US Screening for Glenohumeral Joint Instability – Tiina H.Pöyhiä, MD, PhD

• Sports Injury in the Wrist – Mario Maas, MD, PhD

• Dynamic Gadolinium-Enhanced MRI of the Proximal Femur in Healthy Children – Diego Jaramillo, MD, MPH

• MRI of the TMJs in Children with JIA: Cut-off Between Normality and Pathology – Thekla von Kalle, MD

Scientific Session: Genitourinary Radiology

• Intravenous Urography Through the Ages – Damien Grattan-Smith, MD

Scientific Session: Informatics, Education, QI & Healthcare Policy

• The Dire State of Pediatric Radiology in Malawi: The Urgent Need to Train Future Pediatric Radiologists – Amit S. Sura, MD, MBA

Scientific Session: ALARA

• Radiation Protection in Children: Current Status – Rutger A. J. Nievelstein, MD, PhD

ALARA Concept

• Speaking Against the Termination of the “ALARA Concept and the Image Gently Campaign” – I – Donald P. Frush, MD, FACR

• Speaking Against the Termination of the “ALARA Concept and the Image Gently Campaign” – II – Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD, FAAPM, FACR

• Speaking in Favor of the Termination of the “ALARA Concept and the Image Gently Campaign” – I – Mervyn D. Cohen, MD, FACR

• Speaking in Favor of the Termination of the “ALARA Concept and the Image Gently Campaign” – II – Mohan Doss, PhD, MCCPM

Scientific Session: Gastrointestinal Radiology

• Imaging Pediatric Appendicitis – Past, Present, and Future – Robert C. Orth, MD, MPH, PhD

Scientific Session: Neuroradiology

• History of Hydrocephalus – Marvin D. Nelson, MD, MBA

Education

• Training Pathways in Pediatric Radiology – Rutger A. J. Nievelstein, MD, PhD

• Using New Technology in Education – Including iPad Experience – Jennifer Nicholas, MD, MHA

• Simulation in Pediatric Radiology Education – Ellen C. Benya, MD

• Creating Videos in Presentations and for Online Content – Mahesh M. Thapa, MD

Taking US Farther

• How to Begin: Contrast Enhanced US – Kassa Darge, MD, PhD

• How to Begin: Elastography – Mehrak Anooshiravani, MD

• Skin Sonography in Children – Cristian J. Garcia, MD

• US and Teleradiology: Do They Mix? – Michael E. Katz, MD, FACR

ER Imaging

• Neuro Emergencies – Stein M. Aukland, MD, PhD

• Emergent IR Procedures – Jared R. Green, MD

• Abdomen Emergencies – Andrew T. Trout, MD

Fellows Forum

• The Limping Child – Gurdeep Mann, MD,MRCP,FRCP

• Imaging & Management of the Child with Pneumonia – Ian Robinson, MBChB, FRANZCR

• Imaging the Child with Seizures – Maura E. Ryan, MD

Abdominal Imaging

• Normal DW Imaging Appearances of Abdominal Organs – Govind B. Chavhan, MD, DNB, DABR

• MR Imaging of Anorectal Malformations – Daniel J. Podberesky, MD

• Voiding Urosonography: Techniques and Pitfalls – Kassa Darge, MD, PhD

• Perinatal (differential) Diagnosis and Management of Abdominal Teratomas – Fred E. Avni, MD, PhD

• The Role of DWI for IBD MRI – Ignasi Barber, MD

• Imaging of Congenital Urachal Abnormalities – Paul D. Humphries, MD, FRCR

Cardiovascular/Interventional Radiology

• Dynamic MR Lymphangiography – Rajesh Krishnamurthy, MD

• RFA, Cryo, MW and Laser for Tumor Management in Pediatric Patients – Fernando Gómez Muñoz, MD, PhD

• Complications of Catheter Related Thrombosis in Children – Cicero Jose Torres Silva, MD

• Embolization Procedures in Neonates and Infants – Sergio Sierre, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE

Scientific Session: Fetal/Neonatal Imaging

• Fetal MRI Past, Present and Future – Dorothy I. Bulas, MD, FACR, FAAP

Scientific Session: Interventional Radiology

• Congenital Porto-Systemic Shunt: Role of Interventional Radiology – Stephanie Franchi-Abella, MD, PhD

Scientific Session: Musculoskeletal Imaging

• Femoroacetabular Impingement in Adolescents and Young Adults – Lene Bjerke Laborie, MD, PhD

MSK

• Imaging the Patellofemoral Joint in Children – Tal Laor, MD

• Painful Hip – Lil-Sofie Ording Muller, MD, PhD

• Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis from Head to Foot – Jonathan D. Samet, MD

• Soft Tissue Lesions – Philip Petit, MD

Research Forum

• Translational Research in Pediatric Radiology – Heike E. Daldrup-Link, MD, PhD

• Clinical Research: How to Begin – Karen Rosendahl, MD, PhD

• Basic Statistics for the Radiologist – Geetika Khanna, MD, MS

• Proper Measurement Techniques – Øystein E. Olsen, MD, PhD

Career Growth in Pediatric Radiology

• Leading as a Pediatric Radiologist – Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD

• Healthy Career Growth – Fred E. Avni, MD, PhD

Head Scratchers: Cases from Around the World Uniting WFPI

• Challenging Cases Europe – Paolo Toma, MD

• Challenging Cases US – Juan C. Infante, MD

• Challenging Cases Asia – Wendy W. Lam, MBBS, FRCR

• Challenging Cases South America – Gloria A. Soto, MD

• Challenging Cases South Africa – Jaishree Naidoo, FCRad diag

Imaging in Infectious Disease/WFPI

• Imaging in Infectious Disease/WFPI – Africa – Savvas Andronikou, MBBCh, FRCR, PhD

• Imaging in Infectious Disease/WFPI – Asia – Kushaljit Singh Sodhi, MD, PhD, FICR

• Imaging in Infectious Disease/WFPI – North America – Paul S. Babyn, MD, PhD, FICR
  

• Imaging in Infectious Disease/WFPI – Europe – Rutger A. J. Nievelstein, MD, PhD

Scientific Session: Fetal Neonatal – GI Intussusception

• Fetal MR: From Infancy to Adolescence – Christopher I. Cassady, MD, FAAP

Scientific Session: Thoracic Imaging

• Abdominal Manifestations of Cystic Fibrosis – Alexander J. Towbin, MD

Scientific Session: MR Contrast Agents

• Gadolinium Contrast: Stability, Inertia and Toxicity – Dennis W. W. Shaw, MD

Oncological Imaging

• Secondary Malignancies and the Role of Surveillance Imaging in Pediatric Oncology – Stephan D. Voss, MD, PhD

• Staging of Wilms Tumor – Geetika Khanna, MD, MS

• Guidelines for Imaging and Staging of Neuroblastic Tumors – Hervé J. Brisse, MD, PhD

Scientific Session: Neuroradiology

• Imaging Findings in the Encephalopathy of Prematurity – Maria Argyropoulou, MD

Scientific Session: Cardiovascular Imaging

• 4D Flow MRI: Current State and Future Perspectives – Michael Markl, PhD

Musculoskeletal: Imaging in JIA – Part 1 Anatomy vs. Pathology on Imaging

• Scoliosis: What You Need to Know – Nancy Chauvin , MD

• Sacroiliac Joint – Jacob L. Jaremko, MD

• Knee Joint – Mario Maas, MD, PhD

Musculoskeletal: Imaging in JIA – Part 2 Inflammation

• US in JIA – Paul D. Humphries, MD, FRCR and Johannes Roth, MD, FRCPC, RhMSUS

• Osteomyelitis/CRMO – Diego Jaramillo, MD, MPH

• Update on International Recommendations in JIA-Imaging – Karen Rosendahl, MD, PhD

Oncology & Nuclear Medicine

• Neuroblastoma: Image Defined Risk Factors – Hervé J. Brisse, MD, PhD

• Image Defined Risk Factor and the New International Neuroblastoma: Risk Group Staging System (INRGSS) – Susan L. Cohn, MD

• Neuroblastoma: Radionuclide Imaging/Therapy – Adina L. Alazraki, MD

• Retinoblastoma Imaging Update – Hervé J. Brisse, MD, PhD

• Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcomas – Beth McCarville, MD

• SPECT-CT – Susan E. Sharp, MD

• Hybrid Imaging in the Era of Personal Oncogenomics – Helen R. Nadel, MD, FRCPC

• Thyroid Carcinoma – Imaging and Therapy – Marguerite T. Parisi, MD, MS

• Pediatric Oncologic Interventions – American Approach – Kamlesh U. Kukreja, MD

• Pediatric Oncologic Interventions – European Approach – Fernando Gómez Muñoz, MD, PhD

• Limitations of RECIST in Pediatric Oncology – Kieran McHugh, MB, FRCR, FRCPI, DCH

• Pediatric Lymphoma-PET Imaging – Steve Yoon-Ho Cho, MD

• Hepatoblastoma Update – Alexander J. Towbin, MD

• Advances in Pediatric Bone Tumor Assessment – Philippe Petit, MD

• DWI – Øystein E. Olsen, MD, PhD

• Whole Body MRI for Cancer Staging – Heike E. Daldrup-Link, MD, PhD

• PET-MR – Geetika Khanna, MD, MS

• Imaging in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients – Ethan A. Smith, MD

Cardiovascular Session

• Basic CMR Physics – Taylor Chung, MD

• CMR Techniques – Taylor Chung, MD

• Basic CT Physics – Christina L. Sammet, PhD, DABR

• CT Techniques – Aurelio Secinaro, MD

• MRI for Postoperative Assessment of Tetralogy of Fallot – Andrew Taylor, MD, MRCP, FRCR

• MRI for Iron Imaging – Cynthia K. Rigsby, MD, FACR

• MRI for Assessment of Myocarditis – Phillip C. Lurz, MD, PhD

• Imaging of Pulmonary Hypertension – Catherine M. Owens, MBBS, FRCR

• Coronary Imaging – Aurelio Secinaro, MD

• Newborn CTA – Rajesh Krishnamurthy, MD

Neuroradiology

• Neuroimaging Updates on Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Injury and Hypothermia – Fabio M. Triuzli, MD

• New Imaging Concepts in Central Nervous System Neoplasms – Maarten H. Lequin, MD, PhD

• Update on Vascular Anomalies of the Head and Neck Region – Aylin Tekes-Brady, MD

• Arterial Spin Labeling in Pediatric Neuroradiology and its Alternatives – Arastoo Vossough, MD, PhD

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this CME activity, you will be better able to:

• Summarize the most current information on state-of-the-art pediatric imaging and the practice of pediatric radiology
• Describe and apply new technologies for pediatric imaging
• Describe and apply basic principles for implementing quality and safety programs in pediatric radiology
• Discuss trends in research concerning the care and imaging of pediatric patients
• Identify common challenges facing pediatric radiologists, and possible solutions
• Evaluate and apply means of minimizing radiation exposure during diagnostic imaging and image-guided therapy

Intended Audience

Pediatric Imaging This activity was planned for pediatric radiologists and general radiologists who care for pediatric patients.