Pediatric urologic advanced imaging: techniques and applications.
Diagnostic imaging of pediatric urologic disorders is continuously changing as technological advances are made. Although the backbone of pediatric urologic imaging has been ultrasound (US), voiding cystourethrography (VCUG), and radionuclide scintigraphy, newer and advanced modalities are increasingly becoming important. The aim of this review is to discuss the techniques and clinical applications of 3 such imaging modalities as they pertain to pediatric urologic disorders: MR urography, advanced US (harmonic imaging, 3D, voiding urosonography), and CT angiography.
Renjen
Pooja
P
Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. renjenp1@email.chop.edu
Bellah
Richard
R
Hellinger
Jeffrey C
JC
Darge
Kassa
K
D000792:Angiography; D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis; D014567:Urography; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging