"Air bubble artefact": A new type of artefact on CT head examination

S. McVey, A. K. Kanodia (Lead / Corresponding author), S. Dundas, G. Main, S. Pillai, G. Prasad, J. Flinn, I. Zealley, K. Brauer, N. Schembri, S. Docherty, A. Webster, M. Szewczyk-Bieda, T. Sudarshan

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    Abstract

    Highlights
    • Air bubble artefact is a new type of CT artefact on CT heads.
    It is produced by gas bubbles in the tube oil cooling system.
    • It can cause inconsistent, illdefined areas of low attenuation mimicking pathologies.
    • The usual physics checks and QC may be inadequate to confirm these.
    • Equipment manufacturers may lack automatic alarms to detect these.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1059-1065
    Number of pages7
    JournalClinical Radiology
    Volume71
    Issue number10
    Early online date19 Jul 2016
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Oct 2016

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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