CT - Revision history

Mikael Häggström: +Cancer

2019-03-25T12:43:33Z

+Cancer

2019-01-09T18:48:42Z

General post-imaging approach: Finally

2019-01-09T18:47:41Z

General planning: Listed

2019-01-09T18:46:04Z

General planning: Specified thicknes

2019-01-07T15:43:20Z

General planning: Anchor

2019-01-07T15:42:07Z

General post-imaging: Header

2019-01-07T15:41:29Z

General post-imaging: Formatting

2019-01-07T15:40:50Z

Expanded

2018-11-15T15:04:02Z

Linked

2018-11-05T16:04:09Z

Templates

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 ==Hounsfield scale==
 *[[Hounsfield scale]]
 {{Bottom}}

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 *'''Complement''' with reconstructions where needed, such as volume renderings or thinner slices.
 *'''Write''' report {{Reporting}}
-:*Check one extra time if the reply corresponds to the '''targets''' at hand.
+Finally, check one extra time if the reply corresponds to the '''targets''' at hand.
 ==Hounsfield scale==
 *[[Hounsfield scale]]
 {{Bottom}}

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 Consider if another modality is better for the questions at hand.
-Choose the proper CT settings for optimal evaluation, including [[contrast CT]] or non-contrast.
+Choose the proper CT settings
+*[[Contrast CT]] and/or non-contrast.
-Include thin slices (0.5 to 1.5 mm)<ref name="MaetaniNamiki2016">{{cite journal|last1=Maetani|first1=Kazuhide|last2=Namiki|first2=Jun|last3=Matsumoto|first3=Shokei|last4=Matsunami|first4=Katsutoshi|last5=Narumi|first5=Atsushi|last6=Tsuneyoshi|first6=Toshimi|last7=Kishikawa|first7=Masanobu|title=Routine Head Computed Tomography for Patients in the Emergency Room with Trauma Requires Both Thick- and Thin-Slice Images|journal=Emergency Medicine International|volume=2016|year=2016|pages=1–4|issn=2090-2840|doi=10.1155/2016/5781790}}</ref> if the skeleton needs to be evaluated.
+*Include thin slices (0.5 to 1.5 mm)<ref name="MaetaniNamiki2016">{{cite journal|last1=Maetani|first1=Kazuhide|last2=Namiki|first2=Jun|last3=Matsumoto|first3=Shokei|last4=Matsunami|first4=Katsutoshi|last5=Narumi|first5=Atsushi|last6=Tsuneyoshi|first6=Toshimi|last7=Kishikawa|first7=Masanobu|title=Routine Head Computed Tomography for Patients in the Emergency Room with Trauma Requires Both Thick- and Thin-Slice Images|journal=Emergency Medicine International|volume=2016|year=2016|pages=1–4|issn=2090-2840|doi=10.1155/2016/5781790}}</ref> if the skeleton needs to be evaluated.
 ==General post-imaging approach==

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 Choose the proper CT settings for optimal evaluation, including [[contrast CT]] or non-contrast.
-{{Anchor|Basic screening}}
 ==General post-imaging approach==

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	Choose the proper CT settings for optimal evaluation, including [[contrast CT]] or non-contrast.		Choose the proper CT settings for optimal evaluation, including [[contrast CT]] or non-contrast.
		+	{{Anchor\|Basic screening}}

	==General post-imaging approach==		==General post-imaging approach==

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 Choose the proper CT settings for optimal evaluation, including [[contrast CT]] or non-contrast.
-==General post-imaging==
+==General post-imaging approach==
 *Check the order form
 :*'''Who''' is the ordering individual?

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 ::*'''Soft tissues''', mainly for tumors or other expansions such as hematomas (see [[CT of muscle hematoma]])
 ::*'''Skeleton''', mainly for fractures (see [[CT of fractures]] and tumors (see [[CT of bone tumors]]).
-:*'''Complement''' with reconstructions where needed, such as volume renderings or thinner slices.
+*'''Complement''' with reconstructions where needed, such as volume renderings or thinner slices.
 *'''Write''' report {{Reporting}}
 :*Check one extra time if the reply corresponds to the '''targets''' at hand.

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 *[[Contrast CT]]
-==General approach==
+==General planning==
 *Check the order form
-:*Who is the ordering individual?
+:*'''Who''' is the ordering individual?
-:*From which unit?
+:*'''Where''': From which unit or department?
-:*Patient history
+:*Patient '''history'''
-:*Requested investigation
+:*'''Requested''' investigation
-:*Suspected diseases or other questions
+:*'''Targets''':
-*Earlier investigations, and their findings
+*'''Earlier''' investigations, and their findings
-*Examine the images at hand
+*'''Examine''' the images at hand, including:
-:*Complement with reconstructions where needed, such as volume renderings or thinner slices.
+:*'''Requested targets''' from the referral, or suspected diseases or other questions
-*Write report {{Reporting}}
+:*'''Basic screening''', whose targets vary with mainly anatomic location (see [[#Locations|locations above]]), but broadly include:
-:*Check one extra time if it answers for the suspected diseases or other questions
+::*'''Soft tissues''', mainly for tumors or other expansions such as hematomas (see [[CT of muscle hematoma]])
 ==Hounsfield scale==
 *[[Hounsfield scale]]
 {{Bottom}}

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 File:Enlarged gallbladder with gallstone and cholecystitis.jpg|link=CT of the abdomen and pelvis|[[CT of the abdomen and pelvis|CT of the '''abdomen and pelvis''']]
 </gallery>
 ==With contrast==

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 ==By location==
 <gallery>
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 ==Hounsfield scale==
 *[[Hounsfield scale]]