ReviewEmergency radiology2018
A review of split-bolus single-pass CT in the assessment of trauma patients.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
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- [Computed tomography of the chest in children : Indications, technical optimization, and future perspectives].Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Comparison of image quality of split-bolus computed tomography versus dual-phase computed tomography in abdominal trauma.Polish journal of radiology · 2025Article
- Clinical management of active bleeding: what the emergency radiologist needs to know.Emergency radiology · 2024Review
- Development of a user-friendly calculator for a pediatric split-bolus polytrauma computed tomography protocol.Pediatric radiology · 2024Article
- Endovascular embolization of persistent liver injuries not responding to conservative management: a narrative review.Journal of trauma and injury · 2023Review
- Paediatric CT made easy.Pediatric radiology · 2023Review
- Toward automated interpretable AAST grading for blunt splenic injury.Emergency radiology · 2023Article
- Automated CT reformations reduce time and variability in trauma panscan exam completion.Emergency radiology · 2022Article
- Deep learning reconstruction for contrast-enhanced CT of the upper abdomen: similar image quality with lower radiation dose in direct comparison with iterative reconstruction.European radiology · 2021Article
- [The (severely) injured pregnant patient from the perspective of radiology].Der Unfallchirurg · 2020Review
- Contemporary Management of Hepatic Trauma: What IRs Need to Know.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2020Review
- Augmenting Denver criteria yields increased BCVI detection, with screening showing markedly increased risk for subsequent ischemic stroke.Emergency radiology · 2019Article
- [Acute abdominal trauma].Der Radiologe · 2019Review
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to review and compare the image quality and radiation dose of split-bolus single-pass computed tomography(CT) in the assessment of trauma patients in comparison to standard multi-phase CT techniques.
methodsAn online electronic database was searched using the MESH terms "split-bolus," "dual phase," and "single pass." Inclusion criteria required the research article to compare a split contrast bolus protocol in a single-pass scan in the assessment of trauma patients. Studies using split-bolus CT technique in non-traumatic injury assessment were excluded. Six articles met the inclusion criteria.
conclusionsParenchymal and vascular image qualities, as well as subjective image quality assessments, were equal or superior in comparison to non-split-bolus multi-phase trauma CT protocols. Split-bolus single-pass CT decreased radiation exposure in all studies. Further research is required to determine the superior split-bolus protocol and the specificity and sensitivity of detecting blunt cerebrovascular injury screening, splenic parenchymal vascular lesions, and characterization of pelvic vascular extravasation.
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