Table 2 Anatomical “CT regions” and associated most frequent clinical indications

CT-head

Cerebrovascular accident

Head trauma

Headache

Acute neurological deficit

Dementia

CT-abdomen-pelvis

Acute abdomen

Abdominal or gastrointestinal cancer

Gallbladder or pancreatic disease

CT-thorax

Lung cancer

Cough

Lung infection

Pleural disease

Interstitial lung disease

Trauma

CT-pulmonary embolism

Detection or exclusion of pulmonary embolism

CT-lumbar spine

Low back pain with sciatica

Trauma

CT-thorax-abdomen

Staging and follow-up of tumours

Inflammatory pathology

Unexplained weight loss

CT-cervical spine

Neck pain with brachial plexopathy/neuropathy

Trauma