Normal pediatric imaging examples

This article lists examples of normal imaging of the pediatric patients divided by region, modality, and age.

Chest

Plain radiograph

• chest radiograph

  • premature (27 weeks): example 1

  • neonate: example 1 (lateral decubitus)

  • 9-month-old: example 1

  • 5-year-old: example 1

  • 6-year-old: example 1

  • 12-year-old: example 1

  • 9-year-old: example 1 (PA, oblique)

CT

• CT chest: examples needed

Ultrasound

• ultrasound thymus: example 1

Abdomen

Plain radiograph

• abdomen radiograph

  • neonate: example 1

  • 3-year-old: example 1

• lateral decubitus abdomen

  • neonate: example 1

Ultrasound

• ultrasound abdomen: example 1

• ultrasound renal: example needed

CT

• CT abdomen

  • 3-year-old male: example 1

Nuclear medicine

• DMSA:  example 1

• MAG 3: example needed

Pelvis

• pelvic radiograph

  • 3-month-old: example 1

  • 1-year-old: example 1 with frog leg view

  • 2-year-old: example 1 with frog leg view

  • 4-year-old: example 1 with frog leg view

  • 6-year-old: example 1 with frog leg view

  • 9-year-old: example 1

  • 12-year-old: example 1

  • 14-year-old: example 1 with frog leg view

Head

Plain radiograph

• facial bones 

  • 16-year-old: example 1

• lateral skull: example 1

• nasal bone

  • 6-year-old: example 1

CT

• CT head

  • 2-month-old: example 1

  • 2-year-old: example 1 (with reconstruction)

  • 3-year-old: example 1 (with bone windows and 3D recon)

  • 4-year-old: example 1

  • 7-year-old: example 1 (with bone windows)

  • 10-year-old: example 1 (with contrast)

  • 12-year-old: example 1

MRI

• MRI brain

  • neonate: example 1

  • 1.5-month-old example 1

  • 3-month-old example 1

  • 3-year-old: example 1

Neck

Plain radiograph

• cervical spine radiograph

  • 2-year-old: example 1

  • 7-year-old: example 1

  • 12-year-old: example 1

• odontoid peg view

  • 2-year-old: example 1

• posterior nasal space x-ray: example needed

• soft tissue neck

  • 6-year-old: example 1

CT

• CT cervical spine:

  • 3-year-old: example 1

  • 7-year-old: example 1

  • 12-year-old: example 1

  • 13-year-old: example 1

• CT neck: example needed

MRI

• MRI neck: example needed

Thoracolumbar spine

Plain radiograph

• thoracic spine

  • 6-year-old: example 1

  • 9-year-old: example 1

• lumbar spine

  • 9-year-old: example 1

Sacrum and sacroiliac joints

MRI

• 13-year-old: example 1

Upper Limb

Plain radiograph

• shoulder: 

  • 2-year-old: example 1

  • 7-year-old: example 1

  • 15-year-old: example 1

• humerus

  • 2-year-old: example 1

  • 12-year-old: example 1

• elbow

  • 6-year-old: example 1

  • 7-year-old: example 1

  • 13-year-old: example 1

• radius and ulna:

  • 5-year-old: example 1

• wrist

  • 10-year-old: example 1

• hand

  • 2-year-old: example 1

  • 7-year-old: example 1

  • 10-year-old: example 1

  • 12-year-old: example 1

• fingers

  • 1-year-old: example 1 (thumb)

  • 5-year-old: example 1 (little finger)

Lower limb

Plain radiograph

• hip: examples needed

• femur: examples needed

• knee

  • 4-year-old: example 1

  • 9-year-old: example 1 (both knees)

  • 13-year-old: example 1 (weight-bearing)

  • 12-year old: example 1 (with Rosenberg view)

• tibia and fibula

  • 3-year-old: example 1

  • 10-year-old: example 1

• ankle

  • 2-year-old: example 1

  • 7-year-old: example 1

  • 8-year-old: example 1

  • 11-year-old: example 1

• foot

  • 3-year-old: example 1

  • 5-year-old: example 1

  • 7-year-old: example 1

• calcaneum

  • 10 year-old: example 1

MRI

• hip: examples needed

• femur: examples needed

• knee: examples needed

• tibia and fibula: examples needed

• 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:

• suspected non-accidental pediatric skeletal injury

  • 1-month-old: example 1

  • ​5-month-old: example 1

• 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

• 2 year old: example 1

• 9 year old: example 2

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.