University College of Northern Denmark, Selma Lagerløfts vej 2, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark.
Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Thomas Manns Vej 23, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark.
Radiography (Lond). 2024 Mar;30(2):431-439. doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2023.12.008. Epub 2024 Jan 9.
Mobile Imaging Trailers enable moving diagnostic imaging equipment between locations requiring very little setup and configuration, example given CT-scanners and MRI-scanners. However, despite the apparent benefits of utilising these imaging capabilities, very little research on the subject exists. This study aims at gaining an overview of the current state of the literature, using the scoping review methodology.
The systematic literature search was conducted in three databases: Scopus, Embase and PubMed. Included sources were extracted based on the objectives of the scoping review, and inspired by the by PRISMA-ScR.
29 papers were included.
The results of the review showed that three general categories of research on this subject exist - trailers used in research, trailers as the object of research and trailers as an element or tool of the research. Of these, the most prevalent one used is the latter - trailers used as an element or tool of the research. This; however, is an issue for the use of trailers in a clinical setting, as very little research has been conducted on how they might be used and how they compare to fixed installations. As seen during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the potentials for the use of MITs are immense; however, with the current lack of knowledge and understanding, the full potential has not been realised, suggesting further research should be focused in this area.
This study has shown that the limited research in the area does point towards a few benefits of MITs; however, there is a clear lack of sufficient research on the field to say this with confidence.
移动成像拖车能够在需要极少设置和配置的地点之间移动诊断成像设备，例如 CT 扫描仪和 MRI 扫描仪。然而，尽管利用这些成像功能具有明显的优势，但对该主题的研究很少。本研究旨在使用范围综述方法获得该领域文献的概述。
系统文献检索在三个数据库中进行：Scopus、Embase 和 PubMed。根据范围综述的目的提取包含的来源，并受到 PRISMA-ScR 的启发。
纳入了 29 篇论文。
综述结果表明，该主题存在三类一般研究 - 用于研究的拖车、作为研究对象的拖车以及作为研究的元素或工具的拖车。其中，使用最普遍的是后者 - 作为研究的元素或工具的拖车。然而，这是一个在临床环境中使用拖车的问题，因为对它们的使用方式以及与固定安装相比的优缺点进行了很少的研究。正如在最近的 COVID-19 大流行期间所见，移动成像拖车的应用潜力巨大；然而，由于目前缺乏知识和理解，尚未充分发挥其潜力，这表明应在该领域进行进一步研究。
本研究表明，该领域有限的研究确实指出了移动成像拖车的一些优势；然而，由于对该领域的研究明显不足，无法有信心地说这一点。
