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PubMed

• Case 3-2023: A 16-Year-Old Girl with Abdominal Pain and Bloody Diarrhea.
  Stacy A Kahn, Maureen M Leonard, Sjirk J Westra, Jonathan S Hausmann, Sarah B Mueller> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2023 Jan 26
• Case 30-2022: A Newborn Girl with Hypoglycemia.
  Sarbattama Sen, Sjirk J Westra, Juan D Matute, Jordan S Sherwood, Frances A High, Melanie C Kwan> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2022 Sep 29
• Case 17-2022: A 17-Year-Old Boy with Chest Pain.
  Puneeta Arya, Sjirk J Westra, Oscar J Benavidez, Marc D Natter, Mandakolathur R Murali> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2022 Jun 9
• Patient-level dose monitoring in computed tomography: tracking cumulative dose from multiple multi-sequence exams with tube current modulation in children.
  Azadeh Tabari, Xinhua Li, Kai Yang, Bob Liu, Michael S. Gee, Sjirk J. Westra> ;Pediatric Radiology. 2021 Sep 17
• 1 citations
  Fetal dose evaluation for body CT examinations of pregnant patients during all stages of pregnancy
  Xinhua Li, Kai Yang, Sjirk J. Westra, Bob Liu> ;European Journal of Radiology. 2021 May 19
• 4 citations
  Imaging in support of the clinical diagnoses of COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
  Andrew T. Trout, Sjirk J. Westra> ;Pediatric Radiology. 2021 Feb 17
• 25 citations
  ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Head Trauma-Child.
  , Maura E Ryan, Sumit Pruthi, Nilesh K Desai, Richard A Falcone Jr, Orit A Glenn, Madeline M Joseph, Mohit Maheshwari, Jennifer R Marin, Catherine Mazzola, Sarah S Mil...> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2020 May 1
• 2 citations
  Initial clinical experience with high-pitch dual-source CT as a rapid technique for thoraco-abdominal evaluation in awake infants and young children.
  Azadeh Tabari, Manuel Patino, Sjirk J. Westra, Randheer Shailam, Pallavi Sagar, Dushyant V. Sahani, Katherine Nimkin, Michael S. Gee> ;Clinical Radiology. 2019 Dec 1
• 18 citations
  Development and validation of image quality scoring criteria (IQSC) for pediatric CT: a preliminary study
  Atul Padole, Pallavi Sagar, Sjirk J. Westra, Ruth P. Lim, Katherine Nimkin, Mannudeep K. Kalra, Michael S. Gee, Madan M. Rehani> ;Insights Into Imaging. 2019 Sep 23
• 5 citations
  High-pitch CT, decreasing need for sedation and its potential side effects: some practical considerations and future directions.
  Sjirk J. Westra> ;Pediatric Radiology. 2019 Mar 1
• 60 citations
  Artificial intelligence-assisted interpretation of bone age radiographs improves accuracy and decreases variability.
  Shahein Tajmir, Hyunkwang Lee, Randheer Shailam, Heather I. Gale, Jie C. Nguyen, Sjirk J. Westra, Ruth P. Lim, Sehyo Yune, Michael S. Gee, Synho Do> ;Skeletal Radiology. 2019 Feb 1
• 11 citations
  Optimizing Communication With Parents on Benefits and Radiation Risks in Pediatric Imaging
  Nima Kasraie, David W. Jordan, Christopher Keup, Sjirk J. Westra> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2018 Mar 16
• Prenatal screening for Zika encephalopathy with ultrasound: what is the optimal time window?
  Sjirk J. Westra> ;The Lancet. Child & Adolescent Health. 2017 Sep 1
• 21 citations
  ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Urinary Tract Infection—Child
  Boaz Karmazyn, Adina Alazraki, Sudha A. Anupindi, Molly Dempsey, Jonathan R. Dillman, Scott R. Dorfman, Matthew D. Garber, Sheila G. Moore, Craig A. Peters, Henry E. R...> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2017 May 1
• 34 citations
  Pediatric Chest CT Diagnostic Reference Ranges: Development and Application.
  Keith J. Strauss, Marilyn J. Goske, Alexander J. Towbin, Debapriya Sengupta, Michael J. Callahan, Kassa Darge, Daniel J. Podberesky, Donald P. Frush, Charles M. Maxfie...> ;Radiology. 2017 Feb 17
• 11 citations
  Case 4-2017. A 2-Month-Old Girl with Growth Retardation and Respiratory Failure.
  T. Bernard Kinane, Angela E. Lin, Manuella Lahoud-Rahme, Sjirk J. Westra, Eugene J. Mark> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2017 Feb 8
• 3 citations
  Case 34-2016. A 17-Year-Old Boy with Myopia and Craniofacial and Skeletal Abnormalities.
  David A. Sweetser, Angela E. Lin, Maria J. Troulis, Teresa C. Chen, Sjirk J. Westra> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2016 Nov 9
• 10 citations
  ACR Appropriateness Criteria Fever Without Source or Unknown Origin-Child.
  Sjirk J. Westra, Boaz Karmazyn, Adina Alazraki, Molly Dempsey, Jonathan R. Dillman, Matthew D. Garber, Sheila G. Moore, Molly E. Raske, Henry E. Rice, Cynthia K. Rigsb...> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2016 Aug 1
• 27 citations
  Abdominal ultrasonography of the pediatric gastrointestinal tract
  Heather I. Gale, Michael S. Gee, Sjirk J. Westra, Katherine Nimkin> ;World Journal of Radiology. 2016 Jul 28
• 18 citations
  Weight Status in the First 2 Years of Life and Neurodevelopmental Impairment in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns.
  Mandy B. Belfort, Karl C.K. Kuban, T. Michael O'Shea, Elizabeth N. Allred, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Stephen C. Engelke, Alan Leviton, Kathleen Lee, Anne McGovern, Jill G...> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2016 Jan 1
• 6 citations
  ACR Appropriateness Criteria Vomiting in Infants up to 3 Months of Age
  Molly E. Raske, Molly Dempsey, Jonathan R. Dillman, Christopher E. Dory, Matthew D. Garber, Laura L. Hayes, Ramesh S. Iyer, Abhaya V. Kulkarni, John S. Myseros, Henry ...> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2015 Sep 1
• 57 citations
  Mutations in TBX18 Cause Dominant Urinary Tract Malformations via Transcriptional Dysregulation of Ureter Development
  Asaf Vivante, Marc Jens Kleppa, Julian Schulz, Stefan Kohl, Amita Sharma, Jing Chen, Shirlee Shril, Daw Yang Hwang, Anna Carina Weiss, Michael M. Kaminski, Rachel Shuk...> ;American Journal of Human Genetics. 2015 Aug 6
• 6 citations
  Lenticulostriate vasculopathy in extremely low gestational age newborns: Inter-rater variability of cranial ultrasound readings, antecedents and postnatal characteristics
  Julide Sisman, J. Wells Logan, Sjirk J. Westra, Elizabeth N. Allred, Alan Leviton> ;Journal of Pediatric Neurology. 2015 Jul 30
• 41 citations
  Dose reduction in pediatric abdominal CT: use of iterative reconstruction techniques across different CT platforms
  Ranish Deedar Ali Khawaja, Sarabjeet Singh, Alexi Otrakji, Atul Padole, Ruth P. Lim, Katherine Nimkin, Sjirk J. Westra, Mannudeep K. Kalra, Michael S. Gee> ;Pediatric Radiology. 2015 Jul 1
• 3 citations
  CASE RECORDS of the MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL. Case 20-2015. A Newborn Girl with Hypotension, Coagulopathy, Anemia, and Hyperbilirubinemia.
  Serguei Roumiantsev, Uzma Shah, Sjirk J. Westra, Joseph Misdraji> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2015 Jun 24
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Journal Articles

• Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Interpretation of Bone Age Radiographs Improves Accuracy and Decreases Variability  
  Shahein H. Tajmir, Sjirk J. Westra, Jie C. Nguyen, Sjirk J. Westra, Ruth Lim, Ruth Lim, Shahein H. Tajmir, Jie C. Nguyen, Skeletal Radiology
• Urinary tract malakoplakia with extension into the retroperitoneum with secondary gastrointestinal involvement.  
  Westra SJ, Verbeeten B, Bots TCThM, Tio TL, Tytgat GNJ, Brummelkamp WH, Reeders JWAJ, Urol Radiol;10:181-5
• Evaluacion radiologica del transplante hepatico en niños.  
  Zaninovic AC*, Westra SJ, Boechat MI, Revista Chilena de Radiologia; 2:21-7
• Faces of pyloric stenosis.  
  Matson AB, Westra SJ, Radiology; 218:126
• A 10-month-old girl with vomiting and episodes of unresponsiveness.  
  Sassower KC, Allister LM, Westra SJ, N Eng J Med; 366:1527-1536
• Early blood gas abnormalities and the preterm brain.  
  Leviton A, Allred E, Kuban KC, Dammann O, O’Shea TM, Hirtz D, Schreiber MD, Paneth N, ELGAN Study Investigators, Am J Epidemiol; 172:907-916
• Doppler pinpoints sites of infant brain damage.  
  Westra SJ, Diagnostic Imaging;18:147-55
• Addison crisis after administration of Rifampicin in a patient with tuberculosis.  
  Westra SJ, Reekers JA, Ned Tijdschr Geeskd;132:2123
• Case 12-2012: An infant with vomiting.  
  Westra SJ, Goldstein AM, Allister LM, New Eng J Medicine; 367:186-187
• Validation of volume flow measurements in blood vessels with quantitative color velocity imaging using a physiologic model of the circulation.  
  Levy DJ*, Westra SJ, Sayre J, Kimme-Smith C, Acad Radiol; 3:383-8
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Books/Book Chapters

• The MRI Manual. 
  Chapter: General pediatric applications 
  Page 429 - 454Boechat MI, Hall T, Westra SJEditors: Lufkin RB.Mosby - Year Book, IncEdition 2nd,
• Pocket Radiologist: Pediatric Radiology, Top 100 diagnoses. 
  Chapter: Cardiac Diagnoses 
  Page 79 - 120Westra SJEditors: Donnelly LF.W.B. Saunders Company, Inc
• Pocket Radiologist: Cardiac Radiology, Top 100 diagnoses. 
  Chapter: Congenital Heart Disease 
  Westra SJEditors: Brady TJ.W.B. Saunders Company, Inc
• Diagnostic Imaging: Pediatrics. 
  Chapter: Cardiac Diagnoses 
  Westra SJEditors: Donnelly LF.Amirsys Inc./Elsevier
• Diagnostic Imaging: Cardiovascular. 
  Chapter: Cardiac Diagnoses 
  Westra SJEditors: Abbara S.Amirsys Inc./Elsevier
• Evidence-based imaging in pediatrics. 
  Chapter: Imaging of chest infection in children 
  Page 401 - 418Choy G, Yager PH, Noviski N, Westra SJEditors: Medina LS, Applegate KE, Blackmore CC.Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
• Resident Review Series: Pediatric Radiology. 
  Chapter: L-Transposition of the great arteries 
  Westra SJEditors: Reid JR, Lee E, Paladin A, Carrico C.Oxford University Press
• Resident Review Series: Pediatric Radiology. 
  Chapter: Hypoplastic left heart syndrome 
  Westra SJEditors: Reid JR, Lee E, Paladin A, Carrico C.Oxford University Press
• Caffey’s Textbook of Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging. 
  Chapter: Infection 
  Westra SJ, Adler B, Yilkimaz A, Lee EYEditors: Lee et al.Edition 12th,
• Essentials of Pediatric Radiology. 
  Chapter: Abdominal MRI in children 
  Westra SJEditors: Kramer PPG.Dutch Society for Diagnostic Radiology, Bunnik, The Netherlands
• Ultrasound quantification of human circulation. 
  Chapter: Carotid volume flow analysis in pediatric cardiovascular disease 
  Page 38 - 43Westra SJEuroson 96, Budapest, Hungary
• New trends in pediatric ultrasound. 
  Chapter: Ultrasound of the pediatric gastrointestinal tract 
  Westra SJEuroson 96, Budapest, Hungary
• New trends in pediatric ultrasound. 
  Chapter: Ultrasound of the pediatric gastrointestinal tract 
  Westra SJEuroson 96, Budapest, Hungary
• New trends in pediatric ultrasound. 
  Chapter: Ultrasound of pediatric hip 
  Westra SJEuroson 96, Budapest, Hungary
• Proceedings of the 26th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal College of Radiologists of Thailand and the Radiological Society of Thailand. 
  Chapter: Spiral CT in pediatric radiology: technique, chest application and abdominal application 
  Page 33 - 34Westra SJBangkok, Thailand
• Succeeding in Research. 
  Chapter: Where and how to get into the research system - some tips to get started and to get some money 
  Westra SJNaples, FL
• Practical Approaches to Common Clinical Conditions (PAC3E). 
  Chapter: Imaging of the pediatric chest: chest infection 
  Westra SJ, Choy GSan Diego, CA
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Abstracts/Posters

• Can DICOM image-based noise projection software provide simulated low dose CT Images?
  Singh S, Kalra MKS, Toth TL, Sahani DV, Westra SJ, Blake MA, et al, 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America
• Can adaptive filters help reduce radiation dose for follow-up chest and abdominal CT in children?
  Kalra MKS, Sing S, Westra SJ, Moore M, 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America
• Effect of multifactorial pediatric CT protocols on radiation dose and image quality: study of 260 children.
  Singh S, Kalra MKS. Shailam R, Moore M, Westra SJ, 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America
• The penalty of non-compliance: improving compliance with standardized pediatric radiation dose protocols.
  Singh S, Kalra MKS, Moore M, Shailam R, Westra SJ, 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America
• Radiation dose management in pediatric cardiac CTA: a quality improvement study.
  Westra SJ, Gulati K, Singh S, Liu B, Kalra M, Abbara S, Pediatr Radiol; 39
• Sonologists vary in their use of diagnostic labels for white matter lesions seen on cranial scans of severely premature infants.
  Westra SJ, Seibert J. Miller C, McCauley R, Fordham L, Junewick J, et al, Pediatr Radiol; 39
• Reduction of radiation dose in pediatric chest and abdomen CT through noise reduction in using adaptive iterative reconstruction.
  Shenoy-Bhangle AS, Singh S, Kalra M, Westra SJ, Pediatr Radiol; 40:575-576, 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Radiology, Boston MA
• Novel Quantitative Imaging Approach for Diagnostic Oncology Policy Research: Preliminary Data Structure Based on Fractional Tissue Quantification in Visceral and Soft ...
  Singh AKH, Harris GJ, Westra SJ, Harmon DC, Sahani DV, 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the RSNA
• Ultrafast sub-milliSievert Flash CT of the chest.
  Westra SJ, Li X, Liu B, Barreto M, Singh S, Kalra M Abbara S, Thrall J, Pediatr Radiol;41 (Suppl 1): S254, 6th Congress and Exhibition, London, UK
• Quality improvement registry in CT scans in children (QuIRCC): use of a new pediatric CT dose estimate (CTPD) to develop diagnostic reference levels (DRL) for abdomina...
  Goske M, Strauss K, Coombs L, Mandel K, Callahan M, Darge K, Frush D, Larson D, Podberesky D, Towbin A, Prince J, Westra SJ, Pediatr Radiol; 41 (Suppl 1): S305
• In vivo validation of size-specific dose estimates (SSDE) through breast entrance skin dosimetry (ESD) during pediatric chest CT angiography.
  Westra SJ, Li X, Kalra M, Liu B, Abbara S, 55th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Radiology, San Francisco, CA
• Body width predicted from age is not the best choice for generating protocols for pediatric abdominal CT scans.
  Goske M, Coombs L, Strauss K, Darge K, Frush D, Westra SJ, 55th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Radiology, San Francisco, CA
• Radionuclide bone scintigraphy in patients with histiocytosis X.
  Westra SJ, Piers DA, Postma A, 3rd World Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Paris, France
• Ultrasound diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux and hiatal hernia in young children.
  Westra SJ, Wolf BHM, Staalman CR, Reeders JAWJ, 19th Annual Meeting, The American Roentgen Ray Society, Washington, D.C
• Ultrasound of the stomach in children.
  Westra SJ, Derkx HH, Wolf BH, Ament ME, Boechat MI, Petrus LV, 77th Scientific Assembly of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois
• Ultrasound of the stomach in children.
  Westra SJ, Derkx HH, Wolf BH, Ament ME, Boechat MI, Petrus LV, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Honolulu, HI
• Color Doppler ultrasound evaluation of pediatric head and neck arteriovenous malformations: spectrum of findings.
  Westra SJ, Curran JG, Duckwiler G, Hall TR, Boechat MI, Vinuela F, 77th Scientific Assembly, The Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois
• Color Doppler ultrasound evaluation of pediatric head and neck arteriovenous malformations: spectrum of findings.
  Westra SJ, Curran JG, Duckwiler G, Hall TR, Boechat MI, Vinuela F, 29th Congress, The European Society for Pediatric Radiology, Budapest, Hungary
• Color Doppler ultrasound evaluation of pediatric head and neck arteriovenous malformations: spectrum of findings.
  Westra SJ, Curran JG, Duckwiler G, Hall TR, Boechat MI, Vinuela F, 37th Annual Convention, The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Honolulu, HI
• Color Doppler ultrasound evaluation of pediatric head and neck arteriovenous malformations: spectrum of findings.
  Westra SJ, Curran JG, Duckwiler G, Hall TR, Boechat MI, Vinuela F, 37th Annual Convention, The Society for Pediatric Radiology, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Imaging in pediatric liver transplantation.
  Westra SJ, Zaninovic AC, Hall TR, Boechat MI, Petrus LV, Kangarloo H, 77th Scientific Assembly, The Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois
• Imaging in pediatric liver transplantation.
  Westra SJ, Zaninovic AC, Hall TR, Boechat MI, Petrus LV, Kangarloo H, The Annual Convention, The American Roentgen Ray Society, Orlando, Florida
• Imaging in pediatric liver transplantation.
  Westra SJ, Zaninovic AC, Hall TR, Boechat MI, Petrus LV, Kangarloo H, The 37th Annual Convention, The Society for Pediatric Radiology, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Coexistence of intracranial hemorrhage and ischemic lesions in the premature infant: sonographic appearance.
  Zaninovic AC, Westra SJ, Mena F, Hall TR, Curran JG, Boechat MI, The 17th Annual Spring Diagnostic Ultrasound Conference, Los Angeles Radiological Society, Los Angeles, California
• Coexistence of intracranial hemorrhage and ischemic lesions in the premature infant: sonographic appearance.
  Zaninovic AC, Westra SJ, Mena F, Hall TR, Curran JG, Boechat MI, The 93rd Annual Convention, The American Roentgen Ray Society, San Francisco, CA
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Lectures

• Pediatric cardiac imaging with CT and MRI. 
  Kaiser Sunset Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
• Spiral and electron beam CT of congenital heart disease. 
  Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical School, Palo Alto, CA, 1999
• Radiation from CT scans in children: what are the risks? 
  Multiple locations, 2003
• Responsible use of medical imaging in pediatric patients. 
  Grand Rounds, Pediatric Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
• Responsible use of body CT imaging in pediatric surgical patients. 
  Grand Rounds, Pediatric Surgery Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
• Craniofacial CT scans in children: what are the radiation risks and how can they be minimized? 
  Grand Rounds, Oral and maxillofacial Surgery Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Radiation from CT scans in children – what are the risks? 
  Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA
• Diffuse retroperitoneal extension of malakoplakia of the kidney. 
  Scientific Meeting of the Dutch Society for Diagnostic Radiology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Ultrasound diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux and hiatal hernia in young children. 
  Annual Meeting of the Dutch Society of Gastroenterology, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
• Pyloric volume, a useful new parameter in the US diagnosis of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. 
  26th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Pediatric Radiology, The Hague, The Netherlands
• Pediatric ultrasound update: heads, hips and guts. 
  New England Society of Ultrasound in Medicine lecture series, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Boston, MA
• Congenital heart disease (CT/MRI). 
  Grand Rounds, Department of Diagnostic Imaging & Therapeutics, University of Connecticut, Hartford C
• Update in pediatric ultrasonography: heads, hips and guts. 
  Grand Rounds, Department of Diagnostic Imaging & Therapeutics, University of Connecticut, Hartford C
• MRI in the evaluation of pediatric abdominal tumors. 
  MTT Corp. / University Center Imaging Didactic Conference, Melbourne, FL
• Update in pediatric ultrasonography: hip, scrotum, GI tract and color Doppler vascular imaging. 
  MTT Corp. / University Center Imaging Didactic Conference, Melbourne, FL
• CT Angiocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease. 
  Multiple locations, 1996
• Workup of Pediatric Abdominal Tumors: CT and MRI. 
  Multiple locations, 1996
• Use of 3-D imaging tools in pediatric body CT and MRI, why bother? 
  Multiple locations, 2000
• Neonatal intensive care chest radiology. 
  Scientific Meeting of the Radiological Society of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
• Neonatal brain ultrasonography. 
  The Scientific Meeting of the Radiological Society of Thailand, Bangkok
• Ultrasound diagnosis of congenital hip dysplasia. 
  The Radiology Departments of Chulalongkorn and Shiriraj Teaching Hospitals, Bangkok
• Ultrasound of the GI tract in children. 
  The University Hospital, Chiang Mai
• Non-neurological applications of MRI in pediatric radiology. 
  Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherland
• Pediatric body MRI. 
  Dutch Society for Diagnostic Radiology, Bunnik, The Netherlands
• Essentials of Pediatric Radiology. 
  Dutch Society for Diagnostic Radiology, Bunnik, The Netherlands
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Other

• Ultrasound of gastroesophageal reflux in children. 
  Westra SJ, RSNA Today Video; 3:4
• Ultrasound in the diagnosis of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. 
  Westra SJ, RSNA Today Video; 4:6