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Whole-body computed tomography in trauma patients: optimization of the patient scanning position significantly shortens examination time while maintaining diagnostic image quality

BACKGROUND: The study was conducted to compare examination time and artifact vulnerability of whole-body computed tomographies (wbCTs) for trauma patients using conventional or optimized patient positioning. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Examination time was measured in 100 patients scanned with conventiona...

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Autores principales: Hickethier, Tilman, Mammadov, Kamal, Baeßler, Bettina, Lichtenstein, Thorsten, Hinkelbein, Jochen, Smith, Lucy, Plum, Patrick Sven, Chon, Seung-Hun, Maintz, David, Chang, De-Hua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29765226
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S162074