Table 1.
CT clinical indications
| Anatomical area | Clinical indication |
|---|---|
| Head: nci 6 | Acute stroke |
| Haemorrhage/aneurysms/arteriovenous malformations | |
| Metastases/cerebral abscess | |
| Trauma | |
| Cholesteatoma | |
| Sinusitis | |
| Cervical (spine and neck): nci 3 | Fracture |
| Disk pathology | |
| Adenopathy/abscesses | |
| Chest: nci 5 | Lung cancer |
| Interstitial lung disease | |
| Pulmonary embolism | |
| Coronaries (CTC angiography) | |
| Coronaries (calcium scoring) | |
| Abdomen: nci 6 | Liver metastases |
| Abscess | |
| Kidney stones/colic | |
| Kidney tumour/colic | |
| Acute abdomen | |
| Pancreas adenocarcinoma | |
| Abdomen-pelvis: nci 5 | Abscess/lymphadenopathy |
| Virtual colonoscopy (polyps/tumour) | |
| Abdominal aorta angiography | |
| Colic | |
| Occlusion | |
| Chest-abdomen-pelvis: nci 3 | Tumour |
| Infectious | |
| Oncologic follow-up |