Rapid imaging protocol in trauma: A whole-body dual-source CT scan

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 401-408

  Sedlic, Anto ^a   Chingkoe, Christina M ^a   Tso, David K ^a   Galea Soler, Sandro ^a   Nicolaou, Savvas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT; Emergency radiology; Polytrauma; Whole body imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INJURY SCALE; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHOLE BODY CT;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIATION DOSAGE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84884590973     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-013-1139-3     Document Type: Article

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