Imaging Evaluation for Thoracic Spine Fractures in Pediatric Trauma Patients: A Single-Center Experience at an Academic Children's Hospital.
Ala IbrahimAfsaneh AmirabadiMichael R AquinoPublished in: Pediatric emergency care (2023)
Approximately 50% of TSFs diagnosed on CT or MRI were not identified on preceding radiographs. This is similar to studies in adult populations that show poor sensitivity of radiographs.
Keyphrases
- trauma patients
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high resolution
- computed tomography
- young adults
- childhood cancer
- healthcare
- image quality
- dual energy
- spinal cord
- magnetic resonance
- diffusion weighted imaging
- positron emission tomography
- acute care
- mass spectrometry
- spinal cord injury
- fluorescence imaging
- photodynamic therapy
- drug induced