Imaging of the central nervous system in pediatrics and adolescence.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has taken its place beside computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography in effective imaging of the central nervous system in infants and children. The major initial impact of MRI in pediatric neuroradiology has been the displacement or replacement of the more expensive and invasive procedures such as angiography, myelography, cisternography, and ventriculography. Ultrasonography remains the screening procedure for fetal and infant central nervous system abnormalities, whereas CT continues to be an effective brain screening technique after loss of the ultrasonography windows with growth of the child. The better the clinical information transmitted to the radiologist in advance of imaging of the patient, the more likely the clinician will receive valuable information in return.
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Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
D000293:Adolescent; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography