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Caroline Carrico

Associate Professor of Radiology
Radiology, Pediatric Radiology
Box 3808 Med Ctr, Durham, NC
Rm 1508F, Durham, NC

Selected Publications


Subventricular zone stem cell niche injury is associated with intestinal perforation in preterm infants and predicts future motor impairment.

Journal Article Cell Stem Cell · April 4, 2024 Brain injury is highly associated with preterm birth. Complications of prematurity, including spontaneous or necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)-associated intestinal perforations, are linked to lifelong neurologic impairment, yet the mechanisms are poorly und ... Full text Link to item Cite

Return to the Reading Room: Implementation of a Hybrid Radiology Clerkship Model after Emergent Conversion to Remote Learning in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · August 2023 RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the virtualization of historically in-person radiology rotations for medical students. As students return to in-person clinical education, there is an opportunity to reevaluate teaching strategies an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hidden Curriculum and the Demographic Stoicism That Keeps Women and Minorities Away From Radiology: A Mixed-Methods Study of Medical Students.

Journal Article J Am Coll Radiol · February 2023 OBJECTIVE: To understand how women and historically underrepresented minority medical students perceive radiology as a potential career choice. METHODS: Medical students representing a broad spectrum of radiology exposure from a single institution were inv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and Assessment of Early Utilization of the Standardized Letter of Recommendation for Use in the Radiology Residency Match.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · October 2022 RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Letters of recommendation are essential for residency applications. Traditionally, narrative letters have been used. Standardized letters of recommendation (SLOR) have been developed and have benefits to the writer and reader. The ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radiology Stereotypes, Application Barriers, and Hospital Integration: A Mixed-methods Study of Medical Student Perceptions of Radiology.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · July 2022 RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Limited exposure to radiology by medical students can perpetuate negative stereotypes and hamper recruitment efforts. The purpose of this study is to understand medical students' perceptions of radiology and how they change based ... Full text Link to item Cite

Update of the AMSER National Medical Student Curriculum.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · February 2022 Since the first steps of creating the Alliance of Medical Student Educators in Radiology (AMSER) curriculum 20 years ago, dramatic advances in medical imaging, patient care, and medical education have occurred necessitating an update of this valuable resou ... Full text Link to item Cite

Medical student radiology education: summary and recommendations from a national survey of medical school and radiology department leadership.

Journal Article J Am Coll Radiol · June 2014 The ACR Task Force on Medical Student Education in Radiology, in partnership with the Alliance of Medical Student Educators in Radiology, investigated the current status of how and to what extent medical imaging was being taught in medical schools. The tas ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pediatric radiology: Case 21

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Pediatric radiology: Case 7

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Pediatric radiology: Case 15

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Pediatric radiology: Case 19

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Pediatric radiology: Case 20

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Promotion as a clinician educator in academic radiology departments: guidelines at three major institutions.

Journal Article Acad Radiol · January 2012 Faculty promotion within an academic department of radiology may place emphasis on scientific research, administrative contributions, educational contributions, or a combination of all endeavors that enrich the department and further its academic mission. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lung nodule detection in pediatric chest CT: quantitative relationship between image quality and radiologist performance.

Journal Article Med Phys · May 2011 PURPOSE: To determine the quantitative relationship between image quality and radiologist performance in detecting small lung nodules in pediatric CT. METHODS: The study included clinical chest CT images of 30 pediatric patients (0-16 years) scanned at tub ... Full text Link to item Cite

Three-dimensional simulation of lung nodules for paediatric multidetector array CT.

Journal Article Br J Radiol · May 2009 The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a technique for three-dimensional (3D) modelling of small lung nodules on paediatric multidetector array computed tomography (MDCT) images. Clinical images were selected from 21 patients (<18 years old) ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of sonography on the diagnosis and treatment of acute lower abdominal pain in children and young adults.

Journal Article AJR Am J Roentgenol · February 1999 OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to evaluate the impact of sonographic data on clinical physicians' diagnostic confidence and their treatment of children and young adults with acute lower abdominal pain. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Senior surgical and emergency depart ... Full text Link to item Cite

Incontinence due to an infrasphincteric ectopic ureter: why the delay in diagnosis and what the radiologist can do about it.

Journal Article Pediatr Radiol · December 1998 PURPOSE: To determine (1) the reasons for the frequently long delay in the diagnosis of an infrasphincteric ectopic ureter in girls, and (2) what role the radiologist can play in decreasing the delay. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twelve girls were referred to ou ... Full text Link to item Cite

Wilms tumor imaging: patient costs and protocol compliance.

Journal Article Radiology · September 1997 PURPOSE: To evaluate the patient costs for imaging and compliance with imaging protocols in pediatric patients in the National Wilms Tumor Study (NWTS) IV. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The medical and imaging records of 60 patients (28 male, 32 female; aged 3 da ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sonographic measurement of renal length in children: does the position of the patient matter?

Journal Article Pediatr Radiol · 1996 PURPOSE: This prospective study was designed to determine the effect of patient positioning on sonographic measurements of renal length in children. Materials and methods. Two dedicated pediatric ultrasonographers (observers A and B) measured the sonograph ... Full text Link to item Cite