The Infrascanner, a handheld device for screening in situ for the presence of brain haematomas

Brain Injury

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1193-1201

  Leon Carrion, Jose ^a,b   Dominguez Roldan, Jose Maria ^c   Leon Dominguez, Umberto ^b   Murillo Cabezas, Francisco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Ctr for Brain Injury Rehabilitation   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critical care; Emergency; Head injury; Near infrared spectroscopy; Neurotraumatology; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 77955884344     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.506636     Document Type: Article

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