title: Ultrasound of the spinal cord in children: its role.
abstract: This article covers the indications for spinal ultrasound including its advantages and disadvantages in comparison with spinal MR. We describe the features of a normal spinal ultrasound and those features which may be found in infants with spinal dysraphism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Clarence Wing, St. Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Bruyn
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D009192:Myelography / Q000379:methods; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*