Decreasing the effective radiation dose in pediatric craniofacial CT by changing head position

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1910-1917

  Didier, Ryne A ^a   Kuang, Anna A ^b   Schwartz, Daniel L ^a   Selden, Nathan R ^a   Stevens, Donna M ^a   Bardo, Dianna M E ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniofacial CT; Image quality; Pediatric; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSE RESPONSE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THYROID GLAND;

BODY BURDEN; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650025435     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1788-2     Document Type: Article

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