CT head in children

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1050-1058

  Rao, Padma ^a   Bekhit, Elhamy ^a   Ramanauskas, Fiona ^a   Kumbla, Surekha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CT head; CT perfusion; Dose reduction; Indications; Justification; Paediatric; Pitfalls

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BODY FAT; BONE DENSITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CANCER MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL SINUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IONIZING RADIATION; LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; SEDATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878349853     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.11.038     Document Type: Article

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