TY - JOUR
T1 - Neuroimaging of Pediatric Intracranial Infection-Part 1
T2 - Techniques and Bacterial Infections
AU - Nickerson, Joshua P.
AU - Richner, Beat
AU - Santy, Ky
AU - Lequin, Maarten H.
AU - Poretti, Andrea
AU - Filippi, Christopher G.
AU - Huisman, Thierry A.G.M.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Conventional and advanced neuroimaging have become central to the diagnosis of infectious diseases of the pediatric central nervous system. Imaging modalities used by (pediatric) neuroradiologists include cranial ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, including advanced techniques such as diffusion weighted or tensor imaging, perfusion weighted imaging, susceptibility weighted imaging, and 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy. In this first of a two part review, imaging techniques in general and the imaging findings of bacterial infections of the intracranial compartment including epidural empyema, subdural empyema, meningitis, cerebritis, cerebral abscess, and pyogenic intraventricular empyema (ventriculitis) are discussed.
AB - Conventional and advanced neuroimaging have become central to the diagnosis of infectious diseases of the pediatric central nervous system. Imaging modalities used by (pediatric) neuroradiologists include cranial ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, including advanced techniques such as diffusion weighted or tensor imaging, perfusion weighted imaging, susceptibility weighted imaging, and 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy. In this first of a two part review, imaging techniques in general and the imaging findings of bacterial infections of the intracranial compartment including epidural empyema, subdural empyema, meningitis, cerebritis, cerebral abscess, and pyogenic intraventricular empyema (ventriculitis) are discussed.
KW - Children
KW - Diffusion tensor imaging
KW - Diffusion weighted imaging
KW - H magnetic resonance spectroscopy
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Pediatric intracranial infections
KW - Susceptibility weighted imaging
KW - Ultrasound
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00700.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00700.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22304299
AN - SCOPUS:84859707364
SN - 1051-2284
VL - 22
SP - e42-e51
JO - Journal of Neuroimaging
JF - Journal of Neuroimaging
IS - 2
ER -