title: Spine ultrasound imaging in the newborn.
abstract: Ultrasound of the spine in the neonate is widely used as the initial modality to evaluate spinal canal anatomy, anatomical variants, and congenital malformations. The spinal canal and its contents are best visualized in the newborn and young infant owing to incomplete ossification of the posterior vertebral elements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children׳s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI. Electronic address: marialad@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: Maria F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ladino Torres
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children׳s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI; John F. Holt Collegiate Professor of Radiology, Section of Pediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, MI; Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: DiPietro
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008588:Meningocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography