title: Computerised axial tomography. Particular applications and advantages in paediatric neurosurgery.
abstract: The first year's experience of computerised axial tomography (the EMI scanner) in a department of neurosurgery is described, and those features of particular importance in the younger age group are emphasised.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray