Value of spiral CT in hemodynamically stable patients following blunt chest trauma

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 447-452

  Tello, Richard ^a,b,d   Munden, Reginald F ^a,c   Hooton, Stuart ^a   Kandarpa, Kris ^a   Pugatch, Robert ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic laceration; Aortography; CT angiography; Helical CT; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SCANNING; SURGERY;

SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPC);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

AORTA INJURY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX SCINTISCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032216317     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(98)00054-8     Document Type: Article

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