TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric neuroimaging in pre-CT era
T2 - back to the future
AU - Tomita, Tadanori
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - Over the last half a century, diagnostic neuroimaging has made tremendous strides following the introduction of computerized tomography (CT) and subsequent magnetic resonance imaging (MR). Prior to that time, the neurological diagnosis was conducted with careful history taking, physical examinations, and invasive testing such as cerebral angiography, encephalography, and myelography. Techniques and contrast media for these tests have been refined and progressed over time. However, these invasive tests have diminished and are rarely used for daily practice in pediatric neurosurgery since the introduction of CT and MR. Nuclear brain scan and ultrasonography are non-invasive. A nuclear brain scan using radioactive tracers was used to demonstrate the laterality of the lesion without an intact blood–brain barrier, but was rarely performed after the CT era. On the other hand, improved ultrasonography made strides because of its portability and the lack of radiation exposure and sedation. It is often a first-line investigatory tool for neonatal evaluation. This article describes a review of developments and progresses of pediatric neuroimaging in the pre-CT era.
AB - Over the last half a century, diagnostic neuroimaging has made tremendous strides following the introduction of computerized tomography (CT) and subsequent magnetic resonance imaging (MR). Prior to that time, the neurological diagnosis was conducted with careful history taking, physical examinations, and invasive testing such as cerebral angiography, encephalography, and myelography. Techniques and contrast media for these tests have been refined and progressed over time. However, these invasive tests have diminished and are rarely used for daily practice in pediatric neurosurgery since the introduction of CT and MR. Nuclear brain scan and ultrasonography are non-invasive. A nuclear brain scan using radioactive tracers was used to demonstrate the laterality of the lesion without an intact blood–brain barrier, but was rarely performed after the CT era. On the other hand, improved ultrasonography made strides because of its portability and the lack of radiation exposure and sedation. It is often a first-line investigatory tool for neonatal evaluation. This article describes a review of developments and progresses of pediatric neuroimaging in the pre-CT era.
KW - Cerebral angiography
KW - Contrast media
KW - Myelography
KW - Nuclear medicine
KW - Pneumoencephalography
KW - Ultrasonography
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U2 - 10.1007/s00381-023-06018-8
DO - 10.1007/s00381-023-06018-8
M3 - Review article
C2 - 37314485
AN - SCOPUS:85163123907
SN - 0256-7040
VL - 39
SP - 2595
EP - 2604
JO - Child's Nervous System
JF - Child's Nervous System
IS - 10
ER -