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Role of 3D Imaging in the Emergency Room

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Emergency Radiology

1.2.3 Conclusion

In the emergency room the increased acquisition speed of MDCT together with the high resolution accelerate the diagnostic work-up of traumatic and nontraumatic emergency conditions, thus potentially leading to earlier therapy and decreased mortality. Caused by the immensely increasing number of acquired images and augmented by frequently needed orthogonal reformations, 3D VR visualization of CT volume data sets have become essential also in the emergency department

This chapter explains the impact of postprocessing application on the acceleration of the work-flow and on the communication between physicians in the emergency department, and it also demonstrates, using multiple examples, that the accuracy on diagnostic findings and the support for diagnostic findings can strongly benefit from 3D imaging

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Husmann, L., Leschka, S., Alkadhi, H., Wildermuth, S. (2007). Role of 3D Imaging in the Emergency Room. In: Marincek, B., Dondelinger, R.F. (eds) Emergency Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68908-9_2

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