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Changing the Patient’s Position: Pitfalls and Benefits for Radiation Dose and Image Quality of Computed Tomography in Polytrauma

For computed tomography (CT), representing the diagnostic standard for trauma patients, image quality is essential. The positioning of the patient’s arms next to the abdomen causes artifacts and is also considered to increase radiation exposure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of va...

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Autores principales: Graef, Jessica, Bressem, Keno K., Asbach, Patrick, Hamm, Bernd, Niehues, Stefan M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9689596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36359504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12112661