This book describes and illustrates the gamut of errors that may arise during the performance and interpretation of imaging of both nontraumatic and traumatic emergencies, using a head-to-toe approach. The coverage encompasses mistakes related to suboptimal imaging protocols, failure to review a portion of the examination, satisfaction of search error, and misinterpretation of imaging findings. The book opens with an overview of an evidence-based approach to errors in imaging interpretation in patients in the emergency setting. Subsequent chapters describe errors in radiographic, US, multidetector CT, dual-energy CT, and MR imaging of common as well as less common acute conditions, including disorders in the pediatric population, and the unique mistakes in the imaging evaluation of pregnant patients. The book is written by a group of leading North American and European Emergency and Trauma Radiology experts. It will be of value to emergency and general radiologists, to emergency department physicians and related personnel, to general and trauma surgeons, and to trainees in all of these specialties.

Errors in Emergency and Trauma Radiology: General Principles

Errors in Acute Brain Imaging.-Errors in Acute Spinal Imaging
Errors in Imaging of Chest Trauma
Errors in Imaging of Acute Non-traumatic Thoracic Emergencies
Errors in Imaging of Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma
Errors in Imaging of Acute Non-traumatic Abdomen
Errors in Imaging of Acute Female Pelvis
Errors in Acute MSK Imaging
Errors in Imaging of Pregnant Patients
Errors in Imaging of Pediatric Patients.