Imaging of pediatric head trauma

Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2002 May;12(2):271-94, ix. doi: 10.1016/s1052-5149(02)00005-9.

Abstract

This article discusses all types of traumatic head injury in infants, children and adolescents. Neuroimaging patterns of injury help to make the precise diagnosis and assists in monitoring responses to therapy.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Birth Injuries / diagnosis
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain Edema / diagnosis
  • Brain Edema / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Edema / etiology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage, Traumatic / diagnosis
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage, Traumatic / etiology
  • Child
  • Child Abuse / diagnosis
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / diagnosis*
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / diagnostic imaging
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / etiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Scalp / injuries
  • Skull / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull Fractures / diagnosis
  • Skull Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex