This book provides a detailed and comprehensive overview of the role of diagnostic imaging in
the assessment and management of trauma and polytrauma in children. The coverage includes
imaging of injuries to the head thorax abdomen bone and musculoskeletal system with careful
attention to the newest imaging techniques imaging during the course of recovery and imaging
of complications. A series of illustrative cases underline the prognostic value of imaging. In
addition an individual chapter is devoted to diagnostic imaging in cases of child abuse. The
book concludes by discussing informed consent and medicolegal issues related to the imaging of
pediatric traumatic emergencies. Imaging Trauma and Polytrauma in Pediatric Patients will be
invaluable in enabling radiologists and clinicians to identify the main features and signs of
injuries on a wide range of imaging techniques including X-ray ultrasonography computed
tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
