American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 160, 5-14, Copyright © 1993 by American Roentgen Ray Society
Edward B. D. Neuhauser Lecture. Pediatric neuroradiology: its evolution as a subspecialty
DC Harwood-Nash
Department of Radiology, University of Toronto, Hospital For Sick Children, Ontario, Canada.
Pediatric neuroradiology emerged as the first formal subspecialty of
pediatric radiology during the late 1960s. The history of its development
as an unusual and effective combination of an age-related and a specific
organ-directed clinical subspecialty, and the considerable technical
adaptation and innovation within the diagnostic imaging so required, merits
its inclusion within the history of the modern matrix of radiology. This
Neuhauser Lecture outlines the odyssey of this subspecialty until the
present: the adaptation of techniques and equipment to accommodate imaging
of patients of all sizes--from 1- kg infants to young adults--and the
understanding of the wide spectrum of CNS diseases, many often extremely
complex. The evolution of this special body of knowledge and experience,
the established and productive fellowship programs, and the significant
part pediatric neuroradiology now plays in major scientific and
professional associations and societies have led to this subspecialty
becoming a lifelong persuasion for a growing number of radiologists.
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