Reducing Radiation Dose in Emergency CT Scans While Maintaining Equal Image Quality: Just a Promise or Reality for Severely Injured Patients?
Figure 3
Image acquisition with the IR 30 protocol. In (a) the arrow points to a major ventral pneumothorax of the right lung. In the dorsal area there is pleural effusion with adjacent dystelectasis. In (b) a subtle laceration of the ventral splenic pole is marked by the arrow. Similar to the FBP protocol in Figure 1, a fracture of a transverse process of L4 without major dislocation can be diagnosed on the right side.
