Whole body MDCT just as 'good' as neck MDCT angiography in diagn...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 03/27/2008 - 23:00

Blunt cerebrovascular injuries can be diagnosed using whole body 16 multidetector CT; there's no need for an additional neck MDCT angiography examination according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland Medical Center and R.

Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, both in Baltimore. The study showed that whole body MDCT is just as accurate as neck MDCTA.

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