title: Infant cranial sonography.
abstract: Sonography is well recognized as an excellent method of imaging the infant brain. A detailed discussion of the sonography of the preterm patient forms the first portion of this article. The numerous other clinical situations in which sonography can be used either alone or in conjunction with CT follow.
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000175:diagnosis; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D007969:Leukomalacia, Periventricular / Q000175:diagnosis; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography