Low-dose helical computed tomography (CT) in the perioperative workup of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 610-618

  Abul Kasim, Kasim ^a   Overgaard, Angelica ^a   Maly, Pavel ^a   Ohlin, Acke ^a   Gunnarsson, Mikael ^a   Sundgren, Pia C ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Hardware status; Image quality; Spine CT; Vertebral rotation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPUTERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 59949097145     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1178-4     Document Type: Article

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