Pediatric Thoracic Trauma
Weight Tube current (mAs) Kilovoltage (kVp) <10 40 80 10–14 50 80 15–24 60 80 25–34 70 80 35–44 80 80 45–54 90 90 55–70 100–120 100–120 Routine pediatric thoracic…
PEDIATRIC IMAGING
Pediatric Polytrauma Management
Etiology % Motor vehicle accidents 38.2 Homicide 13.3 Drowning 13.2 Burn 9.1 Suicide 5.4 Suffocation 4.5 Other 16.3 In children, the area more frequently affected by trauma is the skull…
Diagnostic Imaging in Child Abuse
Fig. 7.1 Corner lesion (arrows in a and b) and bucket-handle lesion (arrows in c and d) 7.1.1 Rib Fractures Rib fractures occur in older children in case of motor…
Paediatric Head Injuries
Fig. 2.1 The axial head-MDCT with bone window shows a depressed fracture of the right frontoparietal bone They are more common patterns in nonaccidental cranial trauma, and each of these…
Informed Consent and Medicolegal Issues Related to the Imaging of Pediatric Traumatic Emergencies
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Vittorio Miele and Margherita Trinci (eds.)Imaging Trauma and Polytrauma in Pediatric Patients10.1007/978-3-319-08524-1_8 8. Informed Consent and Medicolegal Issues Related to the Imaging of Pediatric Traumatic Emergencies Antonio Pinto1 and Luigia Romano1 (1)…
Pediatric Uterus, Ovary, and Testis Diseases
Fig. 27.1 Hydrometrocolpos in a 12-year-old girl with amenorrhea. (a) Longitudinal US shows a dilated, echogenic fluid-filled vagina and uterus. (b) T2-weighted sagittal MR image shows markedly dilated vagina and…
Neurosonography
Fig. 6.1 Diagram of the lateral skull for the common sites of cranial sonography through anterior (A), posterior (P), and mastoid (M) fontanelles 6.3.1.2 Normal Anatomy Fig. 6.2 (a and…
Brain and Spine Injury and Cerebral Vascular Disorders
Fig. 5.1 Evolving periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) on US in preterm neonate. (a, b) Initial coronal (a) and sagittal (b) US images obtained at 3 days of life show abnormally increased…
Liver, Biliary Tract, Pancreas, and Spleen
Type 1: segmental or diffuse fusiform dilatation of the common bile duct Type 2: diverticulum of the common bile duct Type 3: choledochocele Type 4: multiple cystic dilatations of the…
Soft Tissue Diseases
Fig. 29.1 Radiographs and MR images of an 18-year-old girl who sustained myositis ossificans progressiva. She presented with edema of the right leg. (a) A radiograph of the left femur…
