Low-dose temporal bone CT in infants and young children: Effective dose and image quality

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1375-1380

  Nauer, C B ^a   Rieke, A ^a   Zubler, C ^a   Candreia, C ^a   Arnold, Andreas ^a   Senn, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRESIA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EAR DYSPLASIA; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; TEMPORAL BONE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052892195     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2524     Document Type: Article

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