Figure 1.1 Proximal femur from an older child demonstrating the cortex, medullary cavity, growth plates, apophysis, and articular surface. Tan-white and smooth-surfaced, bones are the hardest and strongest structures of…
Figure 11.1 Obstetric clavicle and contralateral humerus fractures. A term 9-lb, 2-oz. infant with shoulder dystocia delivered by vacuum extraction. AP radiograph of the chest reveals a displaced fracture of…
Figure 29.1 Though MR scanners are primarily used to make images of humans for medical diagnoses, they can also produce exquisite images of the complex tissue water structures within vegetables…
Metric Metric definition Old units SI units Conversion factor Exposure Ionization per unit mass of air Roentgen (R) Coulombs/kilogram (C/Kg) 1 R = 2.58 × 10–4 C/Kg Air Kerma Kinetic…
Type I Milder phenotype Normal or close to normal stature Hearing loss in ~50% Demineralization Wormian bones Group 1A: blue sclerae normal teeth Group 1B: dentinogenesis imperfecta (DI) Type II*…
Figure 10.1 Toddler’s fracture. AP view of the right tibia in a nine-month-old infant who fell from the bed shows a nondisplaced oblique fracture (arrows) of the distal tibial metaphysis….
Figure 30.1 Novel variation of the “babygram” obtained with three separate radiographic exposures on a single 14 × 17-inch field. Each upper extremity, including a portion of the hemithorax, as…
Figure 8.1 Rickets, radiologic–pathologic correlation. Images in 4-year-old child with rickets. A, Frontal radiograph of distal femur shows fraying and cupping of metaphysis, widening of physis, and partial loss of…
Figure 20.1 Blood adjacent to the superior sagittal sinus. A, Axial NECT image shows SDHs in the left frontal region and within the interhemispheric fissure (arrow), which is difficult to…
Figure 6.1 Fatal abuse in an eight-month-old with fractures of at least three different ages. (See same patient in Fig. 2.9.) A, AP portable supine radiograph obtained at the time…
