Clinical radiology
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Comparative Study
Revised protocol for whole-body CT for multi-trauma patients applying triphasic injection followed by a single-pass scan on a 64-MDCT.
To evaluate a revised protocol for whole-body computed tomography (CT) for multi-trauma patients in an emergency department and compare it to conventional protocols. ⋯ The revised triphasic injection single-pass whole-body imaging protocol was superior to the conventional protocol using 64-MDCT. It enabled better vascular and abdominal parenchymal imaging with reduction in radiation dose and image overload.
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Comparative Study
Evaluation of a dedicated MDCT protocol using iterative image reconstruction after cervical spine trauma.
To evaluate radiation exposure for 64-row computed tomography (CT) of the cervical spine comparing two optimized protocols using filtered back projection (FBP) and adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction (ASIR), respectively. ⋯ The radiation dose of 64-row MDCT can be reduced to a level comparable to plain radiography without loss of subjective image quality by implementation of ASIR in a dedicated cervical spine trauma protocol. These results might contribute to an improved relative risk-to-benefit ratio and support the justification of CT as a first-line imaging tool to evaluate cervical spine trauma.