Imaging of the Pediatric Cervical Spine
The most common indication for pediatric cervical spine (C-spine) imaging is trauma. Although cervical spinal injuries are rare in children, the result can be devastating. The role of the radiologist…
Fetal Body MRI
Why Fetal Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging? Imaging is an essential component of the evaluation and care of the developing fetus. Ultrasound remains the core screening modality because of its availability,…
Imaging of Back Pain
Acknowledgments I acknowledge Brad Hoehne, Radiology Digital Imaging Specialist (Nationwide Children’s Hospital), for preparation of figures. Back pain is common in children and tends to increase with age, especially in…
Imaging of the Neonate : Term Infant
Encountering a neonatal imaging study may be an unsettling experience to radiologists who do not interpret them routinely. Normal structures often appear different from those of the adult or older…
Neonatal Spine Imaging
In the neonatal period the most frequently encountered spinal pathologies are of developmental nature. Spinal tumors or infections are exquisitely rare in neonates. Spinal trauma may occasionally be encountered and…
Fetal CNS MRI
Since first being performed in 1986, fetal MRI has rapidly become a standard of care for the secondary evaluation of fetal abnormalities involving the central nervous system (CNS) and thoracic…
Pediatric Head CT
Introduction Neuroradiological imaging of the pediatric patient has undergone tremendous change since the late 2000s. Although the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is on the rise, in part because…
Child Abuse (Radiology)
Background Among the first to identify issues related to child abuse, Dr. John Caffey studied and published results in 1946 detailing multiple unexplained long-bone fractures of apparent traumatic origin in…
Approach to Lateral Neck Radiographs
Approach to the Lateral Neck Radiograph The lateral neck radiograph is a relatively inexpensive, readily available, and easy-to-perform examination that is very useful for the evaluation of suspected abnormalities in…
Imaging of the Neonate: Preterm Infant
Preterm birth is birth before 37 weeks’ gestational age. The incidence of preterm birth is approximately 1 in 10 births in the United States. The imaging of a preterm infant…
