Abstract
Computed tomography provides a wealth of diagnostic information in the trauma patient
including the presence of organ, bone, and vasculature injuries for the rapid triage
of trauma patients. In the context of interventional radiology, appropriately protocoled
studies can be reviewed for vascular injury and help focus the angiographic assessment
of bleeding patients to ideally achieve earlier hemostasis. This article outlines
various image-processing techniques such as multiplanar reformats, curved planar reformats,
maximum intensity projections, and volume rendering to identify and more thoroughly
characterize vascular injuries as a preprocedural planning tool to expedite endovascular
hemostasis in a case-based format.
Keywords
trauma - computed tomography - imaging - radiology - vascular injury - interventional
radiology
