Description of Research Expertise

Ultrasound advanced modalities - 3D, elastography, contrast US
Ultrasound contrast agent - children
Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography
MR urography - morphology and function - children
Bowel ultrasound - children

Selected Publications

Elsingergy MM, Bellah RD, Back SJ, Weiss DA, Darge K: Retrograde urethrography in children: a decade of experience at a children's hospital Pediatric Radiology 53 (5): 862-874,2023.

Chin HB, Krall JR, Goldberg M, Stanczyk FZ, Darge K, Stallings VA, Rogan WJ, Umbach DM, Baird DD: Early life anti-Müllerian hormone trajectories in infant girls Epidemiology : 2023.

Calle-Toro JS, Otero H, Maya CL, Delgado J, Weiss DA, Long CJ, Zderic SA, Darge K, Back SJ: Ultrasound shear wave elastography cannot discriminate between low- and high-pressure neurogenic bladders Journal of Pediatric Urology 18 (3): 326.e1-326.e8,2022.

Hwang M, Back SJ, Van Batavia J, Tierradentro-Garcia LO, Darge K, Zderic SA: Ultrasound-estimated bladder weight correlates with videourodynamic studies in neurogenic bladder dysfunction Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine : 2022.

Perucca G, de Lange C, Franchi-Abella S, Napolitano M, Riccabona M, Ključevšek D, Toso S, Herrmann J, Stafrace S, Darge K, Damasio MB, Bruno C, Woźniak MM, Lobo L, Ibe D, Smets AM, Petit P, Müller LO: Radiologic follow-up in Fontan-associated liver disease in Europe: European Society of Paediatric Radiology survey demonstrates the need for a consensus protocol Pediatric Radiology 51 (13): 2607-2610,2021.

Viteri B, Calle-Toro JS, Ballester L, Darge K, Furth S, Khrichenko D, Van Batavia J, Otero H: Potential benefits of functional magnetic resonance urography (fMRU) over MAG3 renal scan in children with obstructive uropathy Journal of Pediatric Urology 17 (5): 2021.

Schaal MC, Gendler L, Ammann B, Eberhardt N, Janda A, Morbach H, Darge K, Girschick H, Beer M: Imaging in non-bacterial osteomyelitis in children and adolescents: diagnosis, differential diagnosis and follow-up-an educational review based on a literature survey and own clinical experiences Insights into Imaging 12 (1): 113,2021.

Chin HB, Kelley A, Adgent MA, Patchel SA, James K, Vesper HW, Botelho JC, Chandler DW, Zemel BS, Schall JI, Ford EG, Darge K, Stallings VA, Baird DD, Rogan WJ, Umbach DM: Reproductive hormone concentrations and associated anatomical responses: does soy formula affect minipuberty in boys? The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 106 (9): 2635–2645,2021.

Sridharan A, Riggs B, Darge K, Huisman TAGM, Hwang M: The wash-out of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for evaluation of hypoxic ischemic injury in neonates and infants: Preliminary findings Ultrasound Quarterly 38 (1): 36-42,2021.

Nguyen JC, Guariento A, Nicholson A, Nguyen MK, Gendler L, Ho-Fung V, Zhu X, Talwar D, Darge K, Flynn JM, Cahill PJ: Hand bone age radiography: Comparison between slot-scanning and conventional techniques Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics 41 (2): e167-e173,2021.

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Academic Contact Information

Office of the Radiologist-in-Chief
Department of Radiology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia [CHOP]
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

CHOP North West Tower [3. floor], Room 3NW16/17
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 267-425-7110