Text-Atlas of Skeletal Age Determination

Ernesto Tomei, MD, is Professor of Radiology in the Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology, and Pathological Anatomy at the "Sapienza" University of Rome in Rome, Italy. He was a visiting lecturer in 1988-89 in the Department of Radiology at the University of California San Francisco (USA), as well as in the Department of Radiology at the University of Berlin (Klinikum Charlottenburg). He is an international leader in the emerging use of MRI for bone age assessment, and is currently engaged in a major project on this topic, which is co-financed by the European Union and the Italian Ministry of the Interior. He is also heavily involved in teaching residents specializing in Internal Medicine and Radiology and is an associate editor or reviewer for several European radiology and internal medicine journals. Richard C. Semelka, MD, is one of the foremost authorities on MRI of the abdomen and pelvis, with six MRI text-books and over 200 peer-reviewed papers to his credit. Dr. Semelka has also authored numerous chapters and review articles on MRI of the body, and has presented his work at meetings around the world. Dr. Semelka is the Director of MR Services, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Daniel Nissman, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. He is primarily a musculoskeletal radiologist with experience in bone age assessment using both ionizing and non-ionizing radiologic modalities.

• Contributors, ixIntroduction, xiiiPreface, xv1 Anatomic Aspects of Bone Ossifi cation and their Magnetic Resonance Counterparts, 1Guido Carpino, Ernesto Tomei, Richard C. Semelka, and Eugenio Gaudio2 Bone Age: Medico-legal Issues, 7Serenella Serinelli, Paolo Arbarello, Sofia Battisti, Ernesto Tomei, and Richard C. Semelka3 Endocrinology, Puberty, and Disorders of Pubertal Development, 17Antonio Radicioni, Gilda Ruga, Sofia Battisti, Richard C. Semelka, Ernesto Tomei, and Andrea Lenzi4 MR Assessment of Skeletal Age in Healthy Children, 23Ernesto Tomei, Sofia Battisti, Milvia Martino, and Richard C. Semelka5 Maturation of Individual Bones of the Hand and Wrist in Healthy Children, 57Milvia Martino, Sofia Battisti, Richard C. Semelka, and Ernesto Tomei6 Musculoskeletal Findings in Young Athletes, 77Sofia Battisti, Milvia Martino, Alessandro Sartori, Ernesto Tomei, and Richard C. Semelka7 Bone Marrow Maturation in Healthy and Diseased States, 85Sofia Battisti, Ernesto Tomei, Antonello Rubini, Milvia Martino, Andrea Laghi, and Richard C. Semelka8 Nutrition and Growth, 93Silvia Migliaccio, Sofia Battisti, Alessandro Pinto, Lorenzo Maria Donini, Ernesto Tomei, and Richard C. Semelka9 MRI Skeletal Age Estimation in Celiac Disease, 99Monica Montuori, Maria Bavestrelli, Margherita Bonamico, Milvia Martino, Richard C. Semelka, and Ernesto Tomei10 Growth Failure and Pediatric Infl ammatory Bowel Disease, 105Marina Aloi, Salvatore Cucchiara, Milvia Martino, Richard C. Semelka, and Ernesto Tomei11 Adult Bone Diseases That Begin in Childhood, 109Salvatore Minisola, Vincenzo Carnevale, Najwa Al Ansari, Ernesto Tomei, and Richard C. Semelka12 Skeletal Findings in Neurometabolic Disease, 117Mario Mastrangelo, Sara Bertino, Sofia Battisti, Richard C. Semelka, Ernesto Tomei, and Vincenzo Leuzzi13 Skeletal Findings in Genetic Disease, 123Luigi Tarani, Natascia Liberati, Chiara Mancini, Francesca Mancini, Michela Martini, Chiara Mattiucci,Giovanni Parlapiano, Leonardo Pimpolari, Richard C. Semelka, and Fiorenza Colloridi14 Skeletal Findings in Pediatric Oncology Patients, 133Anna Clerico, Giulia Varrasso, Carlo Alberto Cappelli, Milvia Martino, Richard C. Semelka, and Ernesto Tomei15 Bone Mineral Density Measured with DXA Method in Pediatric Infl ammatory Bowel Diseases, 137Carlina V. Albanese and Richard C. Semelka16 MRI of the Symptomatic Hand and Wrist, 143Daniel B. Nissman17 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Principles and Techniques, 149Daniel B. Nissman and Brian M. DaleIndex, 155A color plate section falls between pages 144 and 145