title: [Brain sonography in 2001. Evaluation of macrocrania in the infant].
abstract: Transfontanelle sonography has become a routine imaging modality to assess infants with macrocrania: detection of hydrocephalus and diagnosis of its underlying etiology, detection and mapping of extra-axial collections, value of Doppler US for diagnosis of intracranial lesions, hemodynamic evaluation using pulsed Doppler imaging.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, 34295 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Veyrac
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Couture
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saguintaah
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baud
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003971:Diastole; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013599:Systole; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards