Reducing Radiation Dose in Emergency CT Scans While Maintaining Equal Image Quality: Just a Promise or Reality for Severely Injured Patients?
Figure 4
Image acquisition with the IR 40 protocol. In (a) the white arrows mark the bipulmonary contusions. The black arrow tags the mediastinal emphysema. In (b) the white arrow marks a subtle splenic laceration in the dorsal pole similar to the splenic lesion in Figure 3(b). Finding of a vertebral body fracture in (c) after a motorcycle accident. No accompanying lesion of the pancreas could be found.
