Eye-lens bismuth shielding in paediatric head CT: Artefact evaluation and reduction

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1748-1754

  Raissaki, Maria ^a   Perisinakis, Kostas ^a   Damilakis, John ^b   Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Bismuth shielding; Child; Eye lens protection; Orbits; Pediatric CT

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYELID; HUMAN; INFANT; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORBIT; PHANTOM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; SCHOOL CHILD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

ARTIFACTS; BISMUTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; ORBIT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650199514     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1715-6     Document Type: Article

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