Four-cut Sinus Computed Tomographic Scanning in Screening for Sinus Disease

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-20

  Awaida, Jean Pierre S ^c   Woods, Scott E ^b   Doerzbacher, Meg ^c   Gonzales, Yury ^c   Miller, Timothy J ^c   Hatton, E Kenneth ^a  

^a Institute for Research and Education   (United States)

^b Bethesda Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Four cut computed tomography; Sensitivity; Sinus disease; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOUR CUT SINUS COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC SCAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARANASAL SINUSES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1642458090     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000087192.54366.96     Document Type: Article

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