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- Title
Imaging in Non-Traumatic Emergencies.
- Authors
Scaglione, Mariano; Masala, Salvatore; Iacobellis, Francesca; Tonerini, Michele; Sica, Giacomo; Liguori, Carlo; Saba, Luca; Tamburrini, Stefania
- Abstract
While chest X-ray remains the initial imaging test in the red room, offering a screening evaluation for alternative common differential diagnoses, state-of-the-art multidetector computed tomography angiography (MDCT-a) is a widely available, rapid, replicable, noninvasive form of diagnostic imaging, with sensitivity approaching 100%. However, although US still represents the first imaging modality, it sometimes struggles to find serious complications that contrast-enhanced MDCT does not miss, due to its higher sensitivity, specificity and capabilities of the post-processing techniques. The article "Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Prognostic Role of Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography" by G. Zantonelli et al. [[22]] provides an updated review of the literature, and reports imaging parameters and quantitative CT scores to predict the severity of PE. This imaging modality is a relatively new approach compared to the classic imaging modalities such as MR and CT, which have a higher cost and lower accessibility.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSTIC ultrasonic imaging; MULTIDETECTOR computed tomography; GALLBLADDER; SYMPTOMS; DIGITAL subtraction angiography; PHYSICAL diagnosis
- Publication
Tomography: A Journal for Imaging Research, 2023, Vol 9, Issue 3, p1133
- ISSN
2379-1381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/tomography9030093