Comparison of non-sedated brain MRI and CT for the detection of acute traumatic injury in children 6 years of age or less

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 325-331

  Young, Joseph Yeen ^a   Duhaime, Ann Christine ^a   Caruso, Paul Albert ^a   Rincon, Sandra Patricia ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; CT; Pediatric; Rapid MRI; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FALLING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INFANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84966694838     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-016-1392-3     Document Type: Article

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