title: [Thoracic imaging in adolescence: news and perspectives].
abstract: Technological advances modified actual trends in pediatric imaging. Up 25 years ago thoracic X-ray was the only resource in pediatric radiology. The introduction of CT, digital radiography, sonography and magnetic resonance and then of psitron emission tomography, led to a new dimension in thoracic pediatric imaging. In the future, new technological perspectives will make the functional study of the lung ventilation possible with techniques such as the 3-He hyperpolarized.
authors.affiliation: UO di Radiologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Pugliese-Ciaccio, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arcuri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raiola
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Serrao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed