title: Pearls and pitfalls in HRCT in children.
abstract: The aim of this talk is to discuss the role of thin slice high resolution CT in paediatric practice and to describe the various means by which these images can be acquired to a satisfactory [diagnostic] level in routine paediatric practice. It is also to highlight the utility of HRCT in paediatric practice to enable the various patterns of disease processes to be understood. The main role for HRCT is in the diagnosis and follow up of diffuse airways and interstitial lung diseases in children. We will focus on the utility of HRCT in diagnosis of paediatric diffuse interstitial lung disease [DILD] and the inherent strengths and weakness within the ultimate choices made to acquire images. We will emphasise and illustrate the specific conditions for which HRCT provides a powerful diagnostic tool.
authors.affiliation: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London WC1N 3JH, UK. owensc@gosh.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Owens
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed