title: The use of the Statscan digital X-ray unit in paediatric polytrauma.
abstract: We present a 3-year review of clinical paediatric experience with the Statscan (Lodox Systems, Johannesburg, South Africa), a low-dose, digital, whole-body, slit-scanning X-ray machine. While focusing on the role of the unit in paediatric polytrauma, insight into its applications in other paediatric settings is provided.
authors.affiliation: Division of Paediatric Radiology, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. pitcher@iafrica.com
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Pitcher
authors.forename: Jim C H
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wilde
authors.forename: Tania S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: Arjan Bastiaan
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: van As
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*