Investigative radiology
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Investigative radiology · Dec 2015
High-Pitch Low-Dose Whole-Body Computed Tomography for the Assessment of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts in a Pediatric Patient Model: An Experimental Ex Vivo Study in Rabbits.
The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic value of whole-body low-dose (LD) computed tomography (CT) for the detection of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt complications in pediatric patients compared with radiographic shunt series (SS) in an ex vivo rabbit animal model. ⋯ In this experimental ex vivo pediatric patient model, LD-CT yields excellent sensitivity for the detection of VP shunt complications at higher diagnostic confidence and lower radiation exposure compared with SS.