Paediatric radiology

Paediatric Radiology

Paediatric radiology (pronunciation: pee-dee-at-rik ray-dee-ol-uh-jee) is a subspecialty of radiology that involves the imaging of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Many paediatric radiologists practice at children's hospitals.

Etymology

The term "paediatric" comes from the Greek words pais (child) and iatros (doctor). "Radiology" originates from the Latin word radius (ray) and the Greek word logia (study of).

Related Terms

• Radiology: The science dealing with X-rays and other high-energy radiation, especially the use of such radiation for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
• Paediatrics: The branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases.
• Diagnostic imaging: The technique and process used to create images of the human body (or parts and function thereof) for clinical purposes (medical procedures seeking to reveal, diagnose or examine disease) or medical science.
• Radiographer: A health professional who performs diagnostic imaging procedures.
• Radiologist: A doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating disease and injury, using medical imaging techniques such as x-rays, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography (PET) and ultrasound.

See Also

• Interventional radiology
• Nuclear medicine
• Radiation therapy
• Medical imaging

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Paediatric radiology
• Wikipedia's article - Paediatric radiology

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