Low-dose spiral CT: Applicability to paediatric chest imaging

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 565-569

  Rogalla, Patrik ^a   Stöver, Brigitte ^a   Scheer, Ianina ^a   Juran, Ralf ^a   Gaedicke, Gerhard ^b   Hamm, Bernd ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0344655670     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050648     Document Type: Article

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