Multidetector row CT for imaging the paediatric tracheobronchial tree

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 515-529

  Papaioannou, Georgia ^a   Young, Carolyn ^a   Owens, Catherine M ^a  

^a Radiology Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Multidetector CT; Tracheobronchial tree; Volumetric

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BREATH HOLDING; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS CANCER; BRONCHUS DISEASE; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMPHYSEMA; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG AGENESIS; LUNG SEQUESTRATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOLOGIST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCIMITAR SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEA CANCER; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TRACHEOMALACIA; VOLUMETRY;

BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34248677100     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0434-0     Document Type: Review

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