A mobile computed tomographic scanner with intraoperative and intensive care unit applications

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1304-1311

  Butler, William E ^a   Piaggio, Cristina M ^a   Constantinou, Christodoulos ^a   Niklason, Loren ^a   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^a   Cosgrove, G Rees ^a   Zervas, Nicholas T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Head fixation; Instrumentation; Intraoperative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; OPERATING ROOM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; NEUROSURGERY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031801843     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199806000-00064     Document Type: Article

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