title: Pediatric imaging: current and emerging techniques.
abstract: Imaging has always been an important component of the clinical evaluation of pediatric patients. Rapid technological advances in imaging are making noninvasive evaluation of a wide range of pediatric diseases possible. Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are two imaging modalities that do not involve ionizing radiation and are preferred imaging modalities in the pediatric population. Computed tomography (CT) remains the imaging modality with the highest increase in utilization in children due to its widespread availability and rapid image acquisition. Emerging imaging applications to be discussed include MR urography, voiding urosonography with use of ultrasound contrast agents, CT dose reduction techniques, MR enterography for inflammatory bowel disease, and MR cine airway imaging.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Radiology, Mass General Hospital for Children, 55 Fruit St., Ellison 237, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shenoy-Bhangle
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nimkin
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gee
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D014567:Urography / Q000379:methods; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media