Fig. 1From: The role of whole-body computed tomography in the diagnosis of thoracic injuries in severely injured patients – a retrospective multi-centre study based on the trauma registry of the German trauma society (TraumaRegister DGU®)Example of a hospital to illustrate the use of WBCT on an annual basis. The bars show the percentage of patients whose data were entered into the TraumaRegister DGU® and who underwent trauma scans (WBCT). Data for the years −3 to −1 were used to form the pre-WBCT group (traditional imaging) and data for the years 1 to 3 following the introduction of the trauma scan as a standard imaging modality were used to form the WBCT group. The year 0 is the year in which WBCT was introducedBack to article page