title: Titanium clips in neurosurgery for elimination of artefacts in computer tomography (ct) a technical note.
abstract: To eliminate the occurrence of artefacts produced by clips on the CT images, the use of titranium clips is suggested. Tests in vitro and in vivo indicate that clips manufactured from 0.2 mm thick 99.9 per cent titanium do not cause artefacts. They are resistant to corrosion, nontoxic, effective, easy to handle, relatively cheap, and are visible on plain X-ray films.
mesh_terms: D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D014025:Titanium; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium