Imaging of the airways with multidetector row computed tomography

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 69-76

  Ramachandran, Navin ^a   Owens, Catherine M ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bronchus; computed tomography; lung; paediatrics; scanners; techniques; trachea; X ray

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BREATH HOLDING; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET RESTRICTION; DOSIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEDATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CHILD; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44149098243     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2008.01.005     Document Type: Review

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