Radiology

Right now, ultrasound exams preparations instructions from the Call Center, are given verbally at the time they schedule the appointment.  Patients and families can also view the preparation instructions on

Your child has belly pain, and we are worried that the appendix is angry (which results in appendicitis). The appendix is the little tube of intestine in the right lower belly. Well, it is usually there, and usually we

Two new employees are joining our team at Cincinnati Children’s. Kelci Martin, who is finishing her studies at the University of Cincinnati, will be joining Radiography while Jayla Robinson is our new reading room assistant. Read below to learn more about them! Kelci Martin 

Cardiac or heart MRI is used to noninvasively image congenital heart defects and acquired diseases of heart muscles, chambers and vessels including coronary arteries. An MRI study is not painful

It’s a bittersweet event when a co-worker retires. You get used to seeing them every day at work and become an extended family. Ron Pratt is our senior imaging research engineer at our Imaging

As a pediatric radiologist, I get to meet some pretty amazing kids. There are even some who want to become our future doctors, nurses, speech therapists, radiology techs, sonographers, and other healthcare

Your child’s doctor ordered a voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) examination, which is a test that will look at your child’s bladder and urinary tract (urethra, ureter and/or kidneys). The exam will be

Patient Experience is a program set forth by Cincinnati Children’s Radiology Department to investigate and put into effect ways to make our patients’ and their families’ visit outcomes better. Implemented by our Quality Improvement and

Today, March 16, 2021, marks one full year since our last MR safety event. This is a noteworthy accomplishment of which we can all be proud, and it is a reflection of the hard work of

We all want our stay in the hospital to be as quick and unobtrusive as possible so that we can carry on with our daily routines. Here are some recommendations in order to have a safe, accurate

Featured image: (rt-lf) Julie Young and Jan Tiefermann March 5th, 2021, we celebrate Jan Tiefermann’s career at Cincinnati Children’s. Jan started working for the hospital in 1981. She began imaging kids in our Radiography Division, from there

Abdominal or flank pain is a fairly common reason to go see a doctor or go to the emergency department. Kidney stones can be the cause of this symptom. Patients can also have

Our first snow of the year came relatively late at the end of January, making kids (and adults) even more enthusiastic to go out sledding. I was on call during the evening of this snowfall and saw

Featured Image: Dr. John Racadio (second from right) and Nicole Hilvert (far right) February marks the third successful year of our Radiology Department’s collaboration with Pediatric Surgery in building a hybrid operating room (OR). Congratulations to Dr. John Racadio, Nicole

Head trauma occurs frequently in the pediatric population. Children commonly sustain minor head injuries, such as a short distance household fall. Not every child that presents to the emergency department

Cincinnati Children’s has five CT machines, including the ones located on Main Campus as well as at our outpatient locations. We do about 11,000 patient scans yearly in our Radiology Department. Since its debut in the 1970’s, CT has become a crucial tool in medical imaging. Below are some frequently asked questions asked about

Today we finish up our Top 10 Radiology YouTube videos and take a look at the top five. The fifth-ranked radiology video comes in at 17,088 overall views while our first-ranked video comes in at 33,715 views.  Number

Prenatal imaging with ultrasound is the standard of care for all pregnancies. Sometimes, we identify abnormalities in the child before birth. One of these is known as congenital diaphragmatic hernia. When we find

On January 22, 2015, we posted our first Cincinnati Children’s Radiology blog YouTube video, titled  Meet The Team, Julie Young, Radiology MR Manager. From that point on, we have created 108 radiology–related videos! Naturally, there are

Patient Experience is a program set forth by Cincinnati Children’s Radiology Department to investigate and put into effect ways to make our patients’ and their families’ visit outcomes better. Implemented by our Quality Improvement and Compliance Division (QI), the