Neuroimaging and pediatrics

The emphasis in understanding significant categories of pediatric brain and spinal cord lesions, such as brain neoplasms, white matter diseases, fetal abnormalities and lesions of the pituitary gland, is changing towards a clinical perspective with respect to modern imaging techniques. The initial experience with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Doppler sonography, computerized tomography (CT), and high-resolution ultrasound (US) is now being consolidated, compared and contrasted with each other and with the increasing clinical experience, particularly in diseases that are peculiar to childhood.