A novel multiple-trauma CT-scanning protocol using patient repositioning

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 123-128

  Hoppe, Hanno ^a   Vock, Peter ^a   Bonel, Harald Marcel ^a   Ozdoba, Christoph ^a   Gralla, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CT protocol; Emergency; Multidetector computed tomography; Multiple trauma; Workflow

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX EXAMINATION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751509394     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-006-0490-z     Document Type: Article

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