Radiation exposure in whole-body computed tomography of multiple trauma patients: Bearing devices and patient positioning

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-72

  Loewenhardt, Björn ^a   Buhl, Michael ^a   Gries, André ^b   Greim, Clemens Alexander ^a   Hellinger, Achim ^a   Hessmann, Martin ^a   Rathjen, Thomas ^a   Reinert, Michael ^a   Manke, Christoph ^a   Bernhard, Michael ^b  

^a KLINIKUM FULDA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multiple trauma; Patient positioning; Radiation exposure; Transfer boards; Whole body computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ARM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84855594812     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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