Comparison of Standard-Dose and Reduced-Dose Expiratory MDCT Techniques for Assessment of Tracheomalacia in Children

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 504-510

  Lee, Edward Y ^a   Strauss, Keith J ^a   Tracy, Donald A ^a   Bastos, Maria d'Almeida ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

children; MDCT; Multidetector CT; radiation dose reduction; tracheomalacia

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX; TRACHEOMALACIA;

ADOLESCENT; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOMALACIA;

EID: 77649135409     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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