Measurements in Pediatric Radiology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. The Skull

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. SK1 Width of cranial sutures in neonates and infants [radiography]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 2-3

   3. SK2 Cranial growth/age [CT]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 5-5

   4. SK3 Intracranial volume/age [radiography]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 6-7

   5. SK4 Volume of sella turcica/age [radiography] Volume of sella turcica/height [radiography]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 8-9

   6. SK5 Interorbital distance/age [radiography]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 10-10

   7. SK6 Length of the hard palate in the newborn [radiography]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 11-11

   8. SK7 Ventricular size at birth ratios [ultrasound]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 12-13

   9. SK8 Diameters of the lateral ventricle in preterm and full-term infants [ultrasound]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 14-15

   10. SK9 Pituitary stalk diameter/age [CT]

       • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

       Pages 16-17

3. The Spine

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. SP1 Transverse diameter of foramen occipitale magnum/age [radiography]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 20-21

   3. SP2 Sagittal diameter of cervical spinal canal/age, [radiography] Sagittal diameter of cervical spinal canal/height [radiography]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 22-23

   4. SP3 Sagittal diameter of the cervical spinal canal in infants [radiography]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 24-25

   5. SP4 Sagittal diameter of the lumbar spinal canal/age [radiography]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 26-26

   6. SP5 Interpeduncular distance/age [radiography]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 28-29

   7. SP6 Size of vertebral body and intervertebral disc/age [radiography]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 30-31

   8. SP7 Spinal length at birth/gestational age [radiography]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 32-33

   9. SP8 Thoracic kyphosis/age [radiography]

      • Holger Pettersson, Hans Ringertz

      Pages 34-35

A thorough knowledge of normal radiological anatomy is necessary for detection and evaluation of pathological changes. In pediatric radiology, normal anatomy and normal proportions of anatomical structures may differ considerably from the adult, and may vary during growth. Therefore, in pediatric radiology there is a multitude of measurements, that in the individual patient is important, but that for the radiologist is not meaningful or even possible to keep in mind. This holds true both for the experienced pediatric radiologist, and for those who practise pediatric radiology only occasionally. This volume is written for both categories. In the literature, normal values are calculated and presented in many different ways, that are not always easy to compare, or easy to use in daily work. Therefore, we have revised and recalculated the data given by authors, in order to present the statistical upper and lower normal limits as between plus and minus two standard deviations (± 2SD). This means that about 2% of a normal population will be assessed as abnormally large and around 2% abnormally small with respect to the parameter assessed. In this way, the presentation throughout the book is uniform, and hopefully easy to use. All figures have been redrawn and computed in an attempt to make them as clear as possible.

• Kinderradiologie
• Measurements
• Medizinischer Normalwert
• Normal Values
• Pediatric Radiology
• Radiologie
• growth
• radiology

• Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

  Holger Pettersson

• Department of Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

  Hans Ringertz

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