title: Imaging of pediatric head trauma.
abstract: This article discusses all types of traumatic head injury in infants, children and adolescents. Neuroimaging patterns of injury help to make the precise diagnosis and assists in monitoring responses to therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. tina.poussaint@tch.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Tina Young
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Poussaint
authors.forename: Karen K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Moeller
mesh_terms: D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D020202:Cerebral Hemorrhage, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012535:Scalp / Q000293:injuries; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex