BEDSIDE SONO-CT: REDUCTION OF CT/MR EXAMINATIONS BY HIGHEND-NEUROSONOGRAPHY

Purpose: Highend ultrasound technique may provide new options for neurosurgery. To critically determine indication for CT/MR examinations, especially in the ICU, it has been studied in a primary series, what can be done by actual sonography equipment. Can CT/MR examinations be reduced or partially substituted with the advantage to bringing the technique to the patient and deminish logistic problems and costs in future? Methods and Materials: In a series of 585 consecutive highend ultrasound investigations there were 41 examinations in 17 patients done with the aim that CT or MR examinations might not be necessar…