CT scanning in traumatic and emergency patients.

In emergency cases and traumatic head cases, CT scanning has completely changed the diagnostic method and angiography can in most cases be avoided. Not only can a proper diagnosis be set concerning intracranial bleedings or hematomas of different kinds but also additional information which earlier with help of angiography were not available can now be diagnosed. The article discusses the principles for using CT scanning as a diagnostic method in traumatic and emergency patients and discusses also the limitations and benefits with this method compared with angiography.