Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol 3, Issue 10 443-448, Copyright © 1984 by American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
Real-time neurosonography of the brain through calvarial defects with computed tomographic correlation
J. B. Rubenstein, M. E. Pasto, M. D. Rifkin and B. B. Goldberg
Although real-time sonography is an excellent imaging modality for the
neonatal brain, examination of the adult brain has been limited. Attempts
to study the older subject through the ossified calvarium have resulted in
poor quality and non-diagnostic images. Eighteen patients with various
calvarial defects were examined for a variety of intracranial
abnormalities. A mechanical sector scanner was used. Disease was clearly
defined and accurate correlation with computed tomography resulted.
Subjects without intracranial disease and patients with cerebral atrophy,
porencephalic cysts, hydrocephalus, hematomas, and neoplasia were included
in this study. The midline structures, ventricles and proximal midbrain
structures were clearly visualized. This procedure appears useful to
evaluate changes in the size of the ventricles and intracerebral masses in
the postoperative patient.
