NEUROSONOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT, PROTOCOLS, AND INTERPRETATION

Course overview

SEVERAL CONGENITAL AND ACQUIRED BRAIN PATHOLOGIES CAN BE SEEN IN INFANTS. ULTRASOUND IS AN EXCELLENT INITIAL IMAGING MODALITY USED FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF AN INFANT'S BRAIN. IT IS PORTABLE, RADIATION-FREE, AND EASILY PERFORMED WITHOUT SEDATION. THIS ACTIVITY WILL REVIEW THE TECHNIQUE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF HEAD ULTRASOUND IN INFANTS, OUTLINE AND ILLUSTRATE THE NORMAL INTRACRANIAL ANATOMY, AND DESCRIBE SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN VARIOUS PATHOLOGIES THAT CAN BE SEEN IN THIS AGE GROUP.