Whole-body CT trauma imaging with adapted and optimized CT angiography of the craniocervical vessels: Do we need an extra screening examination?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1902-1907

  Langner, Soenke ^a   Fleck, S ^a   Kirsch, M ^a   Petrik, M ^a   Hosten, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 56849116559     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1261     Document Type: Article

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