Thin-section CT imaging of patients suspected of having appendicitis or diverticulitis

Academic Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-60

  Rowling, Susan E ^b   Jacobs, Jill E ^a   Birnbaum, Bernard A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDIX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034435532     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(00)80444-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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