Radiation doses to children with shunt-treated hydrocephalus

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1209-1215

  Holmedal, Lise Jofrid ^a   Friberg, Eva Godske ^b   Børretzen, Ingelin ^b   Olerud, Hilde ^b   Lægreid, Liv ^c   Rosendahl, Karen ^d,e  

^a Stord Hospital   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Child; CT; Hydrocephalus; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNTING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 36348943460     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0625-8     Document Type: Article

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