64-MDCT in mass casualty incidents: Volume image reading boosts radiological workflow

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Körner, Markus ^a   Geyer, Lucas L ^a   Wirth, Stefan ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Linsenmaier, Ulrich ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Emergency radiology; Mass casualty incident; Volume image reading

Indexed keywords

4 MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; 64 MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS DISASTER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; VOLUME IMAGE READING; VOLUMETRY; WORKFLOW;

DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WORKFLOW; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80052214554     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5716     Document Type: Article

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