Infant Cranial Ultrasound (last edited 08/07/2018)
(last reviewed 08/07/2018)
(last reviewed 08/07/2018)
- Eight coronal images scanning anterior to posterior
- One sagittal midline image
- Six sagittal images sequentally through RIGHT hemisphere
- One sagittal midline image
- Six sagittal images sequentially through LEFT hemisphere
Coronal Plane (through anterior fontanel) - scan from posterior orbital ridge through occipital lobe. Images should show:
- Orbital ridge
- Cavum septum pellucidum
- Frontal horns of lateral ventricles
- Thalamus
- germinal matrix
- lateral ventricles
- choroid plexus
- cerebellum
- occipital lobe
Sagittal Plane
Midline images should show:
- Septum
- Corpus callosum
- Third ventrcle
- fourth ventricle
- cerebellum
Off-midline images should show:
- Lateral ventricle
- Germinal matrix
- Thalamus
- Choroid plexus
- Sylvian fissure