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Neonatal Head Ultrasonography Today: A Powerful Imaging Tool!
Author(s) -
Orman Gunes,
Benson Jane E.,
Kweldam Charlotte F.,
Bosemani Thangamadhan,
Tekes Aylin,
Jong M. Robert,
Seyfert Donna,
Northington Frances J.,
Poretti Andrea,
Huisman Thierry A. G. M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon.12108
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , ultrasonography , radiology , neuroimaging , stroke (engine) , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , mechanical engineering , psychiatry , engineering
Head ultrasonography (HUS) remains an important tool in the initial evaluation of intracranial abnormalities in infants. In experienced hands, HUS is an outstanding tool to detect brain abnormalities in preterm and full‐term infants, to follow the progression of these lesions, and to describe the maturation of the infant brain. We believe it is a safe and cost‐efficient alternative to magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography in many cases. In this article we discuss the HUS techniques that are currently available and are now the standard of care, how to perform them, and what to look for. We describe a variety of findings that may be encountered including hemorrhagic complications of prematurity, hypoxic ischemic brain injury, neonatal stroke, infections, malformations, neoplasms, and a few more rare neonatal pathologies.