Current role of CT in pediatric neuroimaging

Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 1998 Aug;8(3):685-93.

Abstract

MR imaging is now the premier imaging modality for the evaluation of neurological disorders in children; however, CT remains a cost effective tool for the investigation of most disorders of the brain, neck, and spine.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Humans
  • Neck / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull / injuries
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Spine / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed* / economics
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed* / methods