Synopsis
This is a much-needed work that will be of great interest to a wide variety of practitioners in disciplines related to neonatal neurology, including pediatric radiologists.
An exhaustive treatment of a phenomenon that causes family tragedy worldwide, this book fills a major gap in the current literature.
Despite advances in neonatal care, neonatal cerebral injury remains a major cause of morbidity, mortality and disabilities. Cranial ultrasonography provides information on brain maturation in the (preterm) neonate and enables detection of frequently occurring brain anomalies in this patient group.
After the introduction of neonatal MRI, cranial ultrasonography has been relatively neglected. While modern textbooks are available on pathological conditions of the neonatal brain, a recent book showing high quality normal ultrasound images is lacking.
This work deals with the basics of neonatal cranial ultrasonography and can be used as a reference-book providing essential information about the procedure and normal ultrasound anatomy.
It contains essential information for physicians and technicians applying neonatal cranial ultrasonography as the most important neuroimaging technique on the neonatal ward. Obstetricians and obstetric ultrasonographists will find detailed information for performing fetal cerebral ultrasonography. |
