MDCT in emergency radiology: Is a standardized chest or abdominal protocol sufficient for evaluation of thoracic and lumbar spine trauma?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 959-968

  Roos, Justus E ^a   Hilfiker, Paul ^a   Platz, Andreas ^a   Desbiolles, Lotus ^a   Boehm, Thomas ^a   Marincek, Borut ^a   Weishaupt, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; THORAX INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 7944237339     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.4.1830959     Document Type: Article

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