Cranial computed tomography in the morbidly obese patient

J T Curnes; B C Banning; J B Robards

doi:10.1097/00004728-198709000-00040

Cranial computed tomography in the morbidly obese patient

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1987 Sep-Oct;11(5):920. doi: 10.1097/00004728-198709000-00040.

Authors

J T Curnes¹, B C Banning, J B Robards

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.

PMID: 3655066
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-198709000-00040

Abstract

A method for positioning the obese patient for cranial CT without using the CT cradle is described. This method allows diagnostic images to be obtained in patients who exceed the table weight limit.

MeSH terms

Humans
Obesity, Morbid / diagnostic imaging*
Posture
Skull / diagnostic imaging*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*