| 摘要 |
An arm pad and a method for CT scannings of lying patients, characterized in that the patient's arms are placed along the body with the elbows raised above the thorax. The invention is to reduce the discomfort for the patients during a CT scanning, as the patients are not forced to have their arms lifted above their heads, but may have their arms positioned more naturally along the body and comfortably supported by an arm pad, with maintained high image quality. In addition, the arm pad facilitates the entire patient handling process, particularly for traumatized patients, which significantly reduces the total time which is to be spent on the scanning. Frequently, the time factor is of great importance precisely for trauma patients, so that a reduction of the scanning time may be a matter of life and death in critical situations. Experience from the use of the arm pad according to the present invention shows that the scanning time for trauma patients is reduced from typically 20-25 minutes to less than 10 minutes by the use of the arm pad. |
