Measurement of aortic diameters and detection of asymptomatic aortic aneurysms in a mass screening program using a mobile helical computed tomography unit

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 42-45

  Itani, Y ^a,c   Watanabe, Shigeru ^a,c   Masuda, Yoshiaki ^a,c   Hanamura, Kazuhisa ^b,c   Asakura, Kazuhiro ^b,c   Sone, Shusuke ^b,c   Sunami, Yuko ^c,d   Miyamoto, Tadaaki ^c,e  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Chiba Anti Tuberculosis Association   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic diameter; Helical computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM; THORAX SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0036156049     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s380-002-8315-1     Document Type: Article

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