Close encounters of the blurred kind

Br J Neurosurg. 2019 Feb;33(1):115. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2018.1498967. Epub 2018 Aug 27.

Abstract

We present a visually arresting scout image obtained during a CT head scan of an elderly patient for assessment of new onset confusion. The patient moved during the scout image acquisition resulting in distortion of the cranial vault that never the less remained largely in focus.

Keywords: CT brain; Scout image; Trauma; motion artefact.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aged
  • Artifacts
  • Confusion / complications
  • Female
  • Head
  • Humans
  • Skull / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed