The utilization of dual source CT in imaging of polytrauma

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 398-408

  Nicolaou, S ^a   Eftekhari, A ^a   Sedlic, T ^a   Hou, D J ^a   Mudri, M J ^a   Aldrich, John ^a   Louis, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT; Dual energy; Dual source; Polytrauma

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURIES; CT; CT IMAGING; CT SCANNERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DUAL ENERGY; DUAL SOURCE; DUAL SOURCES; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; POLYTRAUMA; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; RADIATION DOSE EFFECTS; TIME RESTRAINTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EFFECTS;

ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HEART RHYTHM; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; TRENDS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 56349143197     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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