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See Through a Child's Mind –

Neuro-imaging in GOSH

Elaine Kan

Department of Radiology, KWH

Summary

Background

Objectives

Content

Observations & Impact

Background

Head of Paediatric Imaging @ KWH since 2008

Paediatric MRI & Ultrasound services

Paediatric & NICU Clinico-radiological Meetings

Vetting o Paediatric radiological studies

Monitor radiation protection

Objectives

Paediatric Neuro-radiology

90% of paediatric MRI case load

Enhance support to paediatricians &

neurosurgeons

Compliment tertiary services offered

by the Centre of Excellence in

Paediatrics

Content - GOSH

Largest centre for research into

childhood illness outside N. America

Largest paed epilepsy surgery centre

in UK

Largest unit treating children’s brain

tumours – 100 operations a year

GOSH - Neuroimaging

Largest unit treating children’s brain

tumours – 100 operations / year

335 beds

Treat >22,000 inpatients / year

Cases from Europe, Mid. East & Africa

GOSH – Dr Kling Chong

Department Head

Maintains the only formal training

program in this field in the UK

>90 peer reviewed publications

Current research interests include

application of MR techniques to

investigation of paed stroke & epilepsy

Investigation of paed CNS tumour

Observations & Impact

An unusual and varied case load

Daily reporting sessions

Myriad of multidisplinary conferences

Neurosurgical, neurology, epilepsy, craniofacial

surgery, neurointervention

Cortical malformations, metabolic brain diseases,

brain tumours, craniopagus

Conclusion

Two months paed Neuro-radiology

Enhance support to paediatricians &

neurosurgeons

Audit Paed CT brain dosage

Audit of Quality of NICU Portable

Radiographs

Audit of Paed Skeletal Survey

Paed Ultrasound Guidelines

Paed Fluoroscopy Guidelines