Review of portable CT with assessment of a dedicated head CT scanner

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1630-1636

  Rumboldt, Zoran ^a   Huda, W ^a   All, J W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURORADIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MINIATURIZATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349909342     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1603     Document Type: Review

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