Reducing Radiation Dose in Emergency CT Scans While Maintaining Equal Image Quality: Just a Promise or Reality for Severely Injured Patients?
Figure 1
25-year-old female patient with a heavy trauma falling from a roof with suicidal intention. Image acquisition with the CT ASIR 40 protocol. (a): coronal orientation/lung window showing bilateral pneumothoraces (arrow) with Bülau drains in situ, heavy contusion in both lungs, and extensive thoracal and cervical soft tissue emphysema. (b): coronal orientation/soft tissue window showing hypodensities in terms of an acute liver haematoma in the right lobe (arrow). Also note a huge retroperitoneal haematoma in the lower abdomen (arrow). (c): another male 42-year-old patient after falling from a roof. CT ASIR 40 protocol, sagittal plane/bone window. Vertebral body fracture in L3 with consecutive spinal stenosis (arrow).
