Routine Head Computed Tomography for Patients in the Emergency Room with Trauma Requires Both Thick- and Thin-Slice Images

Table 2

The locations and orientations of linear fractures detected on head CT or skull X-rays.

Fracture orientation	Location in the skull bone
	Frontal	Parietal	Occipital	Temporal	Total
Longitudinal	67 (74%)	37 (35%)	114 (93%)	81 (57%)	299 (65%)
Horizontal	6 (7%)	26 (25%)	8 (7%)	19 (13%)	59 (13%)
Diagonal	17 (19%)	43 (41%)	0 (0%)	41 (29%)	101 (22%)
Total	90 (100%)	106 (100%)	122 (100%)	141 (100%)	459 (100%)

Fracture orientations were determined with respect to the orbitomeatal line.