Evaluation of ultra-low dose CT in the diagnosis of pediatric-like fractures using an experimental animal study

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-173

  Moritz, Joerg D ^a   Hoffmann, Beata ^a   Sehr, Dirk ^a   Keil, Katrin ^a   Eggerking, Juliane ^a   Groth, Godo ^a   Caliebe, Amke ^a   Dischinger, Jens ^b   Heller, Martin ^a   Bolte, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental study; Fractures in children; Skeletal appendicular; Ultra low dose CT

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FRACTURE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB FRACTURE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC LIKE FRACTURE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; RADIATION DOSE; SALTER HARRIS FRACTURE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRACTURES, BONE; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84930479456     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2012.13.2.165     Document Type: Article

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