Multidetector CT angiography in the evaluation of acute blunt head and neck trauma: A proposed acute craniocervical trauma scoring system

Radiology

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 236-244

  Delgado Almandoz, Josser E ^a   Schaefer, Pamela W ^a   Kelly, Hillary R ^a   Lev, Michael H ^a   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^a   Romero, Javier M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HEAD INJURY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 75349105325     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.09090693     Document Type: Article

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