title: Neuroradiology of the central nervous system in childhood.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to familiarize readers with new imaging applications, identify the relative strengths of imaging modalities, and emphasize practical applications of imaging the child's nervous system. Because of recent advances in MRI, the article emphasizes the expanding role of MRI in evaluating children with neurologic disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Medical Imaging, Primary Children's Medical Center, University of Utah, 100 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84113, USA. pcghedlu@ihc.com
authors.forename: Gary L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Hedlund
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed