Dynamic volumetric computed tomographic assessment of the young paediatric airway: Initial experience of rapid, non-invasive, four-dimensional technique

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-148

  Tan, Judith Zhi Yie ^a   Crossett, Marcus ^a   Ditchfield, Michael ^a,b  

^a Monash children'S Southern Health ^*  (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

airway; CT; paediatric imaging; respiratory

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CERVICAL TRACHEOMALACIA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOMALACIA;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; IOHEXOL; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHEA; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA;

EID: 84875833939     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.12009     Document Type: Review

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