Main description:

This book provides a concise overview of neonatal imaging. After a short clinical introduction on the crucial role of imaging in diagnosing and treating neonatal conditions, it discusses the various methods (ultrasound, digital radiography, fluoroscopy, CT, and MRI) available and explains in detail how they have to be adapted for neonatal applications. Chapters feature imaging findings and differential diagnoses for the most common neonatal conditions. Additionally, some relevant aspects of foetal imaging are presented.

Written by an interdisciplinary team, Imaging in Neonates is a practical resource for daily use in the ward for all medical professionals involved in treating neonates.

Contents:

Introduction (Michael Riccabona, Graz, Austria)

Clinical basics and remarks: Why and when do neonatologists need imaging (Bernhard Resch, Graz, Austria)

Prenatal imaging: What a neonatologist might like to know (F. E. Avni and Marie Cassart, Brussels, Belgium)

Postnatal imaging in babies with prenatally diagnosed malformations or conditions (Michael Riccabona, Graz, Austria)

Pre- and postoperative imaging in neonates (Michael Riccabona and Holger Till, Graz, Austria)

Image guided interventions in newborns (Brian Coley, Cincinnati/OH, USA and Michael Riccabona, Graz, Austria)

Discusses also specific treatments such as ECMO.

Neonatal neuroimaging: Ultrasound, with some remarks on plain film and CT (Michael Riccabona, Graz, Austria)

Neonatal neuroimaging: Neuro-MRI in neonates (Gregor Kasprian, Vienna, Austria

Chest and lung imaging in preterms and neonates (Panruethai Trinavarat, Bangkok, Thailand and Michael Riccabona, Graz, Austria)

Imaging the neonatal heart (Erich Sorantin, Martin Koestenberger and Michael Riccabona, Graz, Austria)

Urogenital radiology in neonates (Michael Riccabona, Graz, Austria)

Imaging the neonatal gastrointestinal tract (ML Lobo, Lisbon, Portugal and Michael Riccabona, Graz, Austria)

Includes also liver, spleen, pancreas, retroperitoneum.

How to image the neonatal musculoskeletal tract (Janina Patsch, Vienna, Austria and Michael Riccabona, Graz, Austria)

Neonatal hip US (Gerolf Schweintzger, Leoben, Austria)

Neonatal imaging in syndromic or metabolic and inherited disease, hormonal conditions, and other systemic diseases (Janina Patsch, Vienna, Austria)

Imaging after birth trauma and in suspected non-accidental or inflicted injury (Erich Sorantin and Sebastian Tschauner, Graz, Austria)