OPTimal IMAging strategy in patients suspected of non-traumatic pulmonary disease at the emergency department: chest X-ray or ultra-low-dose CT (OPTIMACT)—a randomised controlled trial chest X-ray or ultra-low-dose CT at the ED: design and rationale
Abstract Background Chest X-ray has been the standard imaging method for patients suspected of non-traumatic pulmonary disease at the emergency department (ED) for years. Recently, ultra-low-dose chest computed tomography (ULD chest CT) has been introduced, which provides substantially more detailed...
Main Authors: | Inge A. H. van den Berk, Maadrika M. N. P. Kanglie, Tjitske S. R. van Engelen, Shandra Bipat, Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf, Patrick M. M. Bossuyt, Wouter de Monyé, Jan M. Prins, Jaap Stoker |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-08-01
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Series: | Diagnostic and Prognostic Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41512-018-0038-1 |
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