Contrast-enhanced spiral CT evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma

Journal Belge de Radiologie

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 61-65

  Kailidou, E ^a   Pikoulis, E ^b   Katsiva, V ^c   Karavokyros, I G ^b,e   Athanassopoulou, A ^a   Papakostantinou, I ^b   Leppaniemi, A ^d   Bramis, I ^b   Tibishrani, M ^c  

^a Asklipio Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdomen, injuries; Computed tomography (CT), spiral

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTESTINE INJURY; KIDNEY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 18844434902     PISSN: 00217646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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