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===Indication for imaging===
In [[neck trauma]], a normal clinical evaluation may clear the neck without diagnostic imaging, such as using the the Canadian C-spine rule.<ref name="SaragiottoMaher2018">{{cite journal|last1=Saragiotto|first1=Bruno T|last2=Maher|first2=Christopher G|last3=Lin|first3=Chung-Wei Christine|last4=Verhagen|first4=Arianne P|last5=Goergen|first5=Stacy|last6=Michaleff|first6=Zoe A|title=Canadian C-spine rule and the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) for detecting clinically important cervical spine injury following blunt trauma|journal=Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews|year=2018|issn=14651858|doi=10.1002/14651858.CD012989}}</ref> In practice, there is rarely any reason for a radiologist to decline an imaging request from a clinician for a trauma patient.<noinclude>
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