This full-color new edition combines radiographic imaging of abuse with pathologic correlates side-by-side. Essential for radiologists, pediatricians and forensic pathologists.

List of contributors; Foreword to the third edition Diego Jaramillo; Foreword to the second edition Clément J. Fauré; Foreword to the first edition John A. Kirkpatrick, Jr; Preface; Acknowledgements; Editor's note on the third edition; List of acronyms; Introduction Paul K. Kleinman; Part I. Skeletal Trauma: 1. The skeleton: structure, growth and development, and basis of skeletal injury Andrew E. Rosenberg; 2. Skeletal trauma: general considerations Paul K. Kleinman, Andrew E. Rosenberg and Andy Tsai; 3. The lower extremity Paul K. Kleinman; 4. The upper extremity Paul K. Kleinman; 5. Bony thoracic trauma Paul K. Kleinman; 6. Dating fractures Michelle M. Walters and Paul K. Kleinman; 7. Differential diagnosis I: diseases, dysplasias and syndromes simulating abuse Paul K. Kleinman and Paula W. Brill; 8. Differential diagnosis II: disorders of calcium and phosphorus metabolism Ingrid Holm and Jeannette M. Perez-Rossello; 9. Differential diagnosis III: osteogenesis imperfecta Ralph S. Lachman, Deborah Krakow and Paul Kleinman; 10. Differential diagnosis IV: accidental trauma Paul K. Kleinman; 11. Differential diagnosis V: obstetric trauma Paul K. Kleinman; 12. Differential diagnosis VI: normal variants Paul K. Kleinman; 13. Evidence-based radiology and child abuse Christopher S. Greeley; 14. Skeletal imaging strategies Paul K. Kleinman; 15. Postmortem imaging Paul K. Kleinman; Part II. Abusive Head and Spinal Trauma: Editor's note regarding the abusive head and spinal trauma section Paul K. Kleinman; Introduction to the abusive head and spinal trauma section Gary L. Hedlund; 16. Abusive head and spinal trauma: clinical and biomechanical considerations Lori D. Frasier and Brittany Coats; 17. Abusive head and spinal trauma: scalp, subscalp and cranium Paul K. Kleinman, Brittany Coats and V. Michelle Silvera; 18. Abusive head and spinal trauma: extraaxial hemorrhage and non-hemic collections Gary L. Hedlund; 19. Abusive head and spinal trauma: parenchymal injury P. Ellen Grant; 20. Abusive head and spinal trauma: intracranial imaging strategies V. Michelle Silvera, P. Ellen Grant, Gary L. Hedlund and Paul K. Kleinman; 21. Abusive head and spinal trauma: abusive craniocervical junction and spinal trauma Paul K. Kleinman and V. Michelle Silvera; Part III. Visceral Trauma and Miscellaneous Abuse and Neglect: 22. Visceral trauma Katherine Nimkin and Paul K. Kleinman; 23. Miscellaneous forms of abuse and neglect Paul K. Kleinman; Part IV. Diagnostic Imaging of Abuse in Societal Context: 24. Psychosocial considerations Alice W. Newton and Amy C. Tishelman; 25. Child abuse and the law I: general issues for the radiologist Sandeep K. Narang; 26. Child abuse and the law II: the radiologist in court and fundamental legal issues Martha Coakley; 27. The radiologist's response to child abuse Paul K. Kleinman; Part V. Technical Considerations and Dosimetry: 28. Radiological image formation: physical principles, technology and radiation dose considerations Andrew Karellas and Srinivasan Vedantham; 29. The physics and biology of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): medical miracle anyone? Robert V. Mulkern; 30. Quality assurance and radiographic skeletal survey standards Patricia L. Kleinman; Index.