Three-dimensional skull models as a problem-solving tool in suspected child abuse

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 575-581

  Prabhu, Sanjay P ^a   Newton, Alice W ^a   Perez Rossello, Jeannette M ^a   Kleinman, Paul K ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D; Child protection; CT; Non accidental trauma; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SITTING; SKULL; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL INJURY; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SWELLING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CHILD ABUSE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 84876693969     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-012-2546-4     Document Type: Article

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