Editorial: Pediatric Radiology for the Practitioners – Simplifying the Jargons

Excerpt

Medicine is a dynamic subject. Pediatric Medicine, like other medical specialties, has experienced major expansion in the past decades. Keeping in pace with the technological advancement and expansion in pediatric medicine; a growing demand of this era is to translate the advances in medical technology to useful imaging advancements. And understandably enough, pediatric radiology has evolved very rapidly in the recent past. So much so that pediatric radiology has already established itself as a separate recognised sub-specialty in itself. The oft-used phrase ‘children are not small adults’ can only emphasize and reflect the importance of this subspecialty. Whereas basic radiological interpretation in children is a skill which is probably essential for a practicing pediatrician; the newer advanced imaging modalities (such as CT, MRI, CT and MR angiography) are best interpreted by a pediatric Radiologist. As a pediatric Radiologist, one has to be well trained with basic radiology as well as diseases specific to children; and be well versed with the technicalities of various procedures. Being extremely careful about the radiation issues is of major importance in pediatric imaging. …