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  2. Canadian CT head rule - Wikipedia

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    Dangerous mechanism (this is defined by Stiell et al. (2005) as "a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle, an occupant ejected from a motor vehicle, or a fall from an elevation of 3 or more feet or 5 stairs." [4]) The first five criteria are considered "high-risk", whereas criteria 6 and 7 are considered "medium-risk". [4]

  3. Computed tomography of the head - Wikipedia

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    Several different views of the head are available, including axial, coronal, reformatted coronal, and reformatted sagittal images. However, coronal images require the person to hyperextend their neck, which must be avoided if any possibility of neck injury exists. [8] CT scans of the head increase the risk of brain cancer, especially for ...

  4. CT scan - Wikipedia

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    Of the CT scans, six to eleven percent are done in children, [168] an increase of seven to eightfold from 1980. [167] Similar increases have been seen in Europe and Asia. [167] In Calgary, Canada, 12.1% of people who present to the emergency with an urgent complaint received a CT scan, most commonly either of the head or of the abdomen.

  5. Safety of magnetic resonance imaging - Wikipedia

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    All patients are reviewed for contraindications prior to MRI scanning. Medical devices and implants are categorized as MR Safe, MR Conditional or MR Unsafe: [6] MR-Safe – The device or implant is completely non-magnetic, non-electrically conductive, and non-RF reactive, eliminating all of the primary potential threats during an MRI procedure.

  6. Neuroimaging - Wikipedia

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    A CT scan can be performed in under a second and produce rapid results for clinicians, with its ease of use leading to an increase in CT scans performed in the United States from 3 million in 1980 to 62 million in 2007. Clinicians oftentimes take multiple scans, with 30% of individuals undergoing at least 3 scans in one study of CT scan usage. [36]

  7. State auditor questions utility SoCal Edison's fire risk modeling

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    Risk models used by regional grid operators and large utilities have often considered decades of historical data and assign each year’s weather an equal chance of occurring in the future.