Imaging of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Complications

Saif Afat; Rastislav Pjontek; Hussam Aldin Hamou; Klaus Herz; Omid Nikoubashman; Fabian Bamberg; Marc A. Brockmann; Konstantin Nikolaou; Hans Clusmann; Martin Wiesmann; Ahmed E. Othman

doi:10.1097/rct.0000000000000468

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Imaging of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Complications

Saif Afat Rastislav Pjontek Hussam Aldin Hamou Klaus Herz Omid Nikoubashman Fabian Bamberg Marc A. Brockmann Konstantin Nikolaou Hans Clusmann Martin Wiesmann Ahmed E. Othman

Year: 2016 Journal: Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography Vol: 40 (6)Pages: 991-996 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

DOI: 10.1097/rct.0000000000000468

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For the assessment of suspected VP shunt complications, LD-CT provides excellent sensitivity and higher diagnostic confidence with lower radiation exposure compared with SS.

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Medicine Confidence interval Nuclear medicine Radiation exposure Shunt (medical) Radiation dose Computed tomography Radiography Effective dose (radiation) Radiology Surgery Internal medicine

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