This article lists examples of normal imaging of the pediatric patients divided by region, modality, and age.
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Chest
Plain radiograph
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chest radiograph
CT
CT chest: examples needed
Ultrasound
ultrasound thymus: example 1
Abdomen
Plain radiograph
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abdomen radiograph
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lateral decubitus abdomen
neonate: example 1
Ultrasound
ultrasound abdomen: example 1
ultrasound renal: example needed
CT
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CT abdomen
3-year-old male: example 1
Nuclear medicine
DMSA: example 1
MAG 3: example needed
Pelvis
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pelvic radiograph
Head
Plain radiograph
CT
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CT head
MRI
Neck
Plain radiograph
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cervical spine radiograph
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odontoid peg view
2-year-old: example 1
posterior nasal space x-ray: example needed
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soft tissue neck
6-year-old: example 1
CT
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CT cervical spine:
CT neck: example needed
MRI
MRI neck: example needed
Thoracolumbar spine
Plain radiograph
Sacrum and sacroiliac joints
MRI
13-year-old: example 1
Upper Limb
Plain radiograph
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shoulder:
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humerus
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elbow
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radius and ulna:
5-year-old: example 1
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wrist
10-year-old: example 1
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hand
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fingers
Lower limb
Plain radiograph
hip: examples needed
femur: examples needed
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knee
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tibia and fibula
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ankle
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foot
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calcaneum
10 year-old: example 1
MRI
hip: examples needed
femur: examples needed
knee: examples needed
tibia and fibula: examples needed
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ankle
7-year-old: example 1
foot: examples needed
Ultrasound
hip: figure 1 example normal-pediatric- hip-ultrasound-graf-type-i
Skeletal survey
Skeletal surveys are performed in cases of:
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suspected non-accidental pediatric skeletal injury
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post-mortem before an autopsy in cases of suspected sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) to exclude traumatic skeletal injury or skeletal abnormalities indicative of an underlying naturally occurring disease
4-month-old: example needed
new-born ('baby-gram'): example 1
MRI whole body
Computed bone maturity (bone age) assessment
Computed bone maturity (bone age) measurement are performed in cases of suspected growth delay or early pubertal development:
7-year-old: example 1
Computed tomography scanogram for leg length discrepancy assessment
Computed tomography scanogram for leg length discrepancy assessment is performed in patients (children in most of the cases) with suspected inequality in leg length.