2023 Volume 39 Issue 2 Pages 67-74
Computed tomography (CT) is an essential diagnostic tool for pediatric respiratory medicine, and it continues to evolve in terms of hardware performance, imaging techniques, and image reconstruction or post-processing software. This has created many challenges for non-radiology care providers unfamiliar with radiological terms and images. For such care providers, it may not be easy to find the time to review all this information from scratch. This article aims to cover topics related to CT, from general to those specific to pediatric patients, and support independent learning for non-radiology care providers. This article also discusses ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, which have been considered less suitable for the imaging of the respiratory tract. Thanks to advancements in technology, however, their use in the airway and lung has now proven to be promising.
