Publications

1. Patel JA, Thomas KB, Ristagno EH, Basiaga ML. Simultaneous onset of chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis in siblings. Mod Rheumatol Case Rep. 2025 Jan 16; 9 (1):20-26
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2. Horst KK, Yu L, McCollough CH, Esquivel A, Thorne JE, Rajiah PS, Baffour F, Hull NC, Weber NM, Thacker PG, Thomas KB, Binkovitz LA, Guerin JB, Fletcher JG. Potential benefits of photon counting detector computed tomography in pediatric imaging. Br J Radiol. 2023 Dec; 96 (1152):20230189 Epub 2023 Oct 25
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3. McDonald JS, Horst KK, Thacker PG, Thomas KB, Klinkner DB, Kolbe AB. Meckel diverticulum in the pediatric population: Patient presentation and performance of imaging in prospective diagnosis. Clin Imaging. 2022 Nov; 91:37-44 Epub 2022 July 28
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4. Thomas CN, Kolbe AB, Binkovitz LA, McDonald JS, Thomas KB. Asymptomatic macrocephaly: to scan or not to scan. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 May; 51 (5):811-821 Epub 2021 Jan 05
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5. Browne JE, Bruesewitz MR, Thomas V, Thomas KB, Hull NC, McCollough CH, Yu L. Procedure for optimal implementation of automatic tube potential selection in pediatric CT to reduce radiation dose and improve workflow. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021 Feb; 22 (2):194-202 Epub 2020 Dec 18
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6. Kolbe AB, Ibirogba ER, Thomas KB, Hull NC, Thacker PG, Hathcock M, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Ruano R. Reproducibility of Lung and Liver Volume Measurements on Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Left-Sided Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2021; 48 (4):258-264 Epub 2021 Mar 23
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7. Thacker PG, Kolbe AB, Hull NC, Thomas KB, Geske JR, Binkovitz LA. Pediatric Patients and Diagnostic Thoracentesis: Utility for Identifying a Microorganism and Guiding Patient Management. Radiology. 2020 Nov; 297 (2):449-450 Epub 2020 Aug 25
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8. St Jeor JD, Thomas KB, Thacker PG, Hull NC. Multifocal subacute osteomyelitis in adjacent bones in the ankle without septic joint. Radiol Case Rep. 2020 Oct; 15 (10):1927-1930 Epub 2020 Aug 19
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9. Kolbe AB, Haas LA, Bartlett DJ, Iyer VR, Thomas KB, Tung J, Fidler JL, Fletcher JG. Comparison of two small bowel distending agents for enterography in pediatric small bowel imaging. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2019 Oct; 44 (10):3252-3262
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10. Farmakis SG, Hardy AK, Thomas KB, Lampl BS, McDaniel JD, Bowling RH. Changes in factors influencing fellowship choices among radiology residents from 2008 to 2018 and methods that may increase interest in the pediatric radiology subspecialty. Pediatr Radiol. 2019 Aug; 49 (9):1132-1141 Epub 2019 June 04
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11. Creo A, Alahdab F, Al Nofal A, Thomas K, Kolbe A, Pittock S. The Authors' Reply: Diagnostic accuracy of the McGill thyroid nodule score in pediatric patients: methodological issues. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2019 Feb; 90 (2):385 Epub 2018 Nov 26
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12. Creo A, Alahdab F, Al Nofal A, Thomas K, Kolbe A, Pittock S. Diagnostic accuracy of the McGill thyroid nodule score in paediatric patients. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2019 Jan; 90 (1):200-207 Epub 2018 Nov 12
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13. Marjon L, Hull N, Thomas K. Concurrent acute appendicitis and ileocolic intussusception in a 1-year-old child. Radiol Case Rep. 2018 Jun; 13 (3):655-657 Epub 2018 Apr 10
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14. Creo A, Alahdab F, Al Nofal A, Thomas K, Kolbe A, Pittock ST. Ultrasonography and the American Thyroid Association Ultrasound-Based Risk Stratification Tool: Utility in Pediatric and Adolescent Thyroid Nodules. Horm Res Paediatr. 2018; 90 (2):93-101 Epub 2018 July 18
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15. Binkovitz LA, Unsdorfer KM, Thapa P, Kolbe AB, Hull NC, Zingula SN, Thomas KB, Homme JL. Pediatric appendiceal ultrasound: accuracy, determinacy and clinical outcomes. Pediatr Radiol. 2015 Dec; 45 (13):1934-44 Epub 2015 Aug 18
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16. Yu L, Fletcher JG, Shiung M, Thomas KB, Matsumoto JM, Zingula SN, McCollough CH. Radiation Dose Reduction in Pediatric Body CT Using Iterative Reconstruction and a Novel Image-Based Denoising Method. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Nov; 205 (5):1026-37
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17. Shahi V, Brinjikji W, Cloft HJ, Thomas KB, Kallmes DF. Trends in CT Utilization for Pediatric Fall Patients in US Emergency Departments. Acad Radiol. 2015 Jul; 22 (7):898-903 Epub 2015 May 07
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18. Niederhauser BD, Liaw K, McDonald RJ, Thomas KB, Hudson KT, Kallmes DF. Pick up a book or "google it?" a survey of radiologist and trainee-preferred references and resources. J Digit Imaging. 2014 Feb; 27 (1):26-32
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19. Murphy-Ryan M, Kirmani S, Thompson DM, Binkovitz LA, Thomas KB, Babovic-Vuksanovic D. A novel sclerosing skeletal dysplasia with mixed sclerosing bone dysplasia, characteristic syndromic features, and clinical and radiographic evidence of male-male transmission. Am J Med Genet A. 2012 Sep; 158A (9):2292-6 Epub 2012 July 20
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20. Carlson AM, Thomas KB, Kirmani S, Lindor NM. Chronic tibial nonunion in a Rothmund-Thomson syndrome patient. Am J Med Genet A. 2012 Sep; 158A (9):2250-3 Epub 2012 July 20
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21. Thacker PG, Binkovitz LA, Thomas KB. Deficiency of interleukin-1-receptor antagonist syndrome: a rare auto-inflammatory condition that mimics multiple classic radiographic findings. Pediatr Radiol. 2012 Apr; 42 (4):495-8 Epub 2011 July 26
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22. Yu L, Bruesewitz MR, Thomas KB, Fletcher JG, Kofler JM, McCollough CH. Optimal tube potential for radiation dose reduction in pediatric CT: principles, clinical implementations, and pitfalls. Radiographics. 2011 May-Jun; 31 (3):835-48
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23. Kiefer CS, Colletti JE, Bellolio MF, Hess EP, Woolridge DP, Thomas KB, Sadosty AT. The "good" dean's letter. Acad Med. 2010 Nov; 85 (11):1705-8
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24. Nyholm JL, Lindor NM, Thomas KB, Brost BC. Slender bone dysplasia (gracile). Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Dec 15; 146A (24):3234-6
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25. Mason T, Reed AM, Nelson AM, Thomas KB. Radiographic progression in children with polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2005 Mar; 64 (3):491-3
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26. Mahmud FH, Schwenk WF 2nd, Thomas KB. Radiologic features of renal osteodystrophy in a patient with "normal" bone mineralization. J Pediatr. 2003 Aug; 143: (2)279.
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27. Mason T, Reed AM, Nelson AM, Thomas KB, Patton A, Hoffman AD, Achenbach S, O'Fallon WM. Frequency of abnormal hand and wrist radiographs at time of diagnosis of polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2002 Oct; 29: (10)2214-8.
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28. Harolds JA, Johnson PL, Khalifa MA, Lin B, Thomas K. Correlation of gallbladder ejection fraction with pathologic grade for chronic inflammation. South Med J. 1998 Feb; 91(2):147-50.
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29. Thomas KB. Radiology Review: Hirschsprung disease. The Child's Doctor Northwestern University Medical School Spring,. 1996; 0: 0.