Overview
Patients with high-energy extremity trauma will undergo imaging with an EIT device in the Emergency Department, Operating Room, Orthopaedic Clinic, and In-patient hospital rooms. The EIT device is an electrical impedance tomography system.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 years or older
- High energy closed extremity fracture
- Provision of informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Metatarsal fractures
- Injury to both lower extremities precluding contralateral imaging
- Presence of an implanted electronic device (e.g. pacemaker, vagal stimulator, deep brain stimulator) or electrodes or electrical wires.
- Currently pregnant, potentially pregnant, or lactating women