Paediatric Imaging Manual

• Main Authors: Tröger, Jochen (Author), Seidensticker, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.

Imaging of Newborns, Infants, Children and Adolescents Children and adolescents are not simply small adults; they suffer from different diseases and require different treatments. The same is true where imaging is concerned. The diagnostic strategies – using identical diagnostic instruments – are dif...

Table of Contents:

• Radiation bio effects and dose reduction strategies
• Contrast media: posology, risks and side effects
• Head and Neck
• Thoracic disorders
• Abdomen
• Musculoskeletal system.