Edward B. D. Neuhauser Lecture. Pediatric neuroradiology: its evolution as a subspecialty

Pediatric neuroradiology emerged as the first formal subspecialty of pediatric radiology during the late 1960s. The history of its development as an unusual and effective combination of an age-related and a specific organ-directed clinical subspecialty, and the considerable technical adaptation and innovation within the diagnostic imaging so required, merits its inclusion within the history of the modern matrix of radiology. This Neuhauser Lecture outlines the odyssey of this subspecialty until the present: the adaptation of techniques and equipment to accommodate imaging of patients of all sizes--from 1-kg infants to young adults--and the understanding of the wide spectrum of CNS diseases, many often extremely complex. The evolution of this special body of knowledge and experience, the established and productive fellowship programs, and the significant part pediatric neuroradiology now plays in major scientific and professional associations and societies have led to this subspecialty becoming a lifelong persuasion for a growing number of radiologists.