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MDCT and MRI Protocols in Pediatric Non-traumatic Abdominal Emergencies

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Accurate and tempestive diagnosis is essential in pediatric patients with non-traumatic abdominopelvic diseases (Singh et al. Radiographics 27(5):1419–31, 2007). In emergency management of these conditions, ultrasonography (US) and multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) represent the methods of the choice to identify and treat any life-threatening medical or surgical disease condition and relief from pain. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is a promising alternative to MDCT in the evaluation of acute abdominal pain and does not involve the use of ionizing radiation exposure (Singh et al. Radiographics 27(5):1419–31, 2007; Stoker et al. Radiology 253(1):31–46, 2009).

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The authors thank Domenico Mezzasoma, technician in radiology, for his valuable assistance in technical parameters.

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  1. Division of Radiology 2 and Nuclear Medicine, Department of Surgical and Biomedical Sciences, Perugia University, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, S. Andrea delle Fratte, Perugia, Italy

    Michele Scialpi MD, Maria Elena Latini MD, Sara Riccioni MD, Valeria Rondoni MD, Riccardo Torre MD & Lucia Mariotti MD

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  3. Department of Radiology, Meyer Children Hospital, Firenze, Italy

    Raffaele Schiavone MD

  4. Department of Radiological Oncological and Anatomopathological Sciences Policlinico Umberto I, La Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena 324, Rome, Italy

    Lucia Manganaro MD

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Scialpi, M. et al. (2016). MDCT and MRI Protocols in Pediatric Non-traumatic Abdominal Emergencies. In: Miele, V., Trinci, M. (eds) Imaging Non-traumatic Abdominal Emergencies in Pediatric Patients. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41866-7_22

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