Aortic pathologies are numerous, presenting manifestations are varied, and aortic diseases
present to many clinical services, including primary physicians, emergency department …

The morbidity, mortality, and economic costs resulting from trauma in general, and blunt
abdominal trauma in particular, are substantial. The “panscan”(computed tomographic [CT] …

Background The current common and dogmatic opinion is that whole-body computed
tomography (WBCT) should not be performed in major trauma patients in shock. We aimed …

Blunt polytrauma remains a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. With the major
advances in computed tomography (CT) technology over the past decade, whole-body CT is …

Objective: To determine the number of imaging examinations, radiation dose and the time to
complete trauma-related imaging in multiple trauma patients before and after introduction of …

The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic value of post-mortem computed
tomography angiography (PMCTA) to conventional, ante-mortem computed tomography …

The purpose of this study is to assess the influence of different arm positioning techniques
on thoracic and abdominal image quality and radiation dose of whole-body trauma CT …

As computed tomography (CT) technology has evolved, multidetector CT has become an
integral part of the initial assessment of many injured patients, and the spine is easily …

Background Computed tomography (CT) scanning has become essential in the early
diagnostic phase of trauma care because of its high diagnostic accuracy. The introduction of …

Objective: To determine utilization and accuracy of focused assessment with sonography for
trauma (FAST) and computed tomography (CT) in a mature military trauma system to inform …