Normal pediatric imaging examples

This article lists examples of normal imaging of the paediatric patients divided by region, modality, and age.

Chest

Plain radiograph

• chest radiograph

  • premature (27 weeks):  example 1

  • neonate: example 1 (lateral decubitus)

  • 6-year-old:  example 1

  • 12-year-old: example 1

CT

• CT chest: examples needed

Abdomen

Plain radiograph

• abdomen radiograph

  • neonate:  example 1

  • 3-year-old: example 1

Ultrasound

• ultrasound abdomen: example 1

• ultrasound renal: example needed

CT

• CT abdomen

  • 3-year-old male: example 1

Nuclear medicine

• DMSA:  example 1

• MAG 3: example needed

Pelvis

• pelvic radiograph

  • 3-month-old: example 1

  • 1-year-old: example 1 with frog leg view

  • 2-year-old: example 1 with frog leg view

  • 4-year-old: example 1 with a frog leg view

  • 6-year-old: example 1 with frog leg view

  • 9-year-old: example 1

  • 12-year-old: example 1

  • 14-year-old: example 1 with frog leg view

Head

Plain radiograph

• occipitomental (Waters) view 

  • example needed

• lateral skull X-ray: example 1

• nasal bone: 6-year-old: example 1

CT

• CT brain

  • 2-month-old: example 1

  • 2-year-old: example 1 (with reconstruction)

  • 3-year-old: example 1 (with bone windows and 3D recon)

  • 4-year-old: example 1

  • 10-year-old: example 1 (with contrast)

  • 12-year-old: example 1

MRI

• MRI brain

  • neonate:  example 1

  • 1.5-month-old example 1

  • 3-month-old example 1

  • 3-year-old: example 1

Neck

Plain radiograph

• cervical spine radiograph

  • 2-year-old: example 1

  • 12-year-old: example 1

• odontoid peg view

  • 2-year-old: example 1

• posterior nasal space x-ray: example needed

• soft tissue neck

  • 6-year-old: example 1

CT

• CT cervical spine:

  • 3-year-old: example 1

  • 12-year-old: example 1

  • 13-year-old: example 1

• CT neck: example needed

MRI

• MRI neck: example needed

Thoracolumbar spine

• thoracic spine radiograph

  • 9-year-old:  example 1

• lumbar spine radiograph

  • 8-year-old: example 1

Sacrum and sacroiliac joints-MRI

• 13-year-old: example 1

Upper Limb

Plain radiograph

• shoulder: 

  • 2-year-old: example 1

  • 7-year-old: example 1

• humerus

  • 2-year-old: example 1

• elbow

  • 6-year-old: example 1

  • 7-year-old: example 1

  • 13-year-old: example 1

• radius and ulna: examples needed

• wrist

  • 10-year-old: example 1

• hand

  • 2-year-old: example 1

  • 7-year-old: example 1

  • 10-year-old: example 1

• fingers: examples needed

Lower limb

Plain radiograph

• hip: examples needed

• femur: examples needed

• knee

  • 4-year-old: example 1

  • 9-year-old: example 1 -  both knees

• tibia and fibula: examples needed

• ankle

  • 7-year-old: example 1

  • 11-year-old: example 1

• foot

  • 5-year-old: example 1

  • 7-year-old: example 1

• calcaneum

  • 10 year-old: example 1

MRI

• hip: examples needed

• femur: examples needed

• knee: examples needed

• tibia and fibula: examples needed

• ankle

  • 7-year-old: example 1

• foot: examples needed

Skeletal survey

Skeletal surveys are performed in cases of:

• suspected non-accidental paediatric skeletal injury

  • 1-month-old: example 1

  • ​5-month-old: example 1

• post-mortem before an autopsy in cases of suspected sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) to exclude traumatic skeletal injury or skeletal abnormalities indicative of an underlying naturally occurring disease

  • 4-month-old: example needed

  • new-born ('baby-gram'): example 1

MRI whole body

• 2 year old: example 1

• 9 year old: example 2

Computed bone maturity (bone age) assessment

Computed bone maturity (bone age) measurement are performed in cases of suspected growth delay or early pubertal development:

• 7-year-old: example 1

Computed tomography scanogram for leg length discrepancy assessment

Computed tomography scanogram for leg length discrepancy assessment is performed in patients (children in most of the cases) with suspected inequality in leg length.