Frequency of visualization and thickness of normal appendix at nonenhanced helical CT

Radiology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 400-406

  Benjaminov, Ofer ^a   Atri, Mostafa ^a   Hamilton, Paul ^a   Rappaport, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Appendix, CT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0036829407     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2252011551     Document Type: Article

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