Hounsfield called this technology a CT (computerized tomography) scan, also called a CAT scan (computerized axial tomography). It was especially useful for looking at head injuries and brain ...

Exposure to radiation from head or neck CT imaging increased risk for childhood brain tumors, according to results of a ...

What are the typical radiation doses associated with CT examinations? CT scans of the head, for example, expose patients to about the equivalence of one year of natural radiation. This is about 100 ...

Head injury is a common cause of acquired neurological and cognitive disability in childhood. Indications for CT scan in children with head injury are well documented in NICE Guidelines ...