Enhanced multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis and its severity

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 242-255

  Miki, Tesshou ^a,b   Ogata, Seiji ^a   Uto, Mitsunobu ^a   Nakazono, Toshihiro ^a   Urata, Miyuki ^a   Ishibe, Ryouhei ^a   Shinyama, Shin ^a   Nakajo, Masayuki ^b  

^a Sendai Citizen Hospital   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Acute appendicitis; Appendix; Contrast media; Multidetector row CT

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHLEGMON;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22344436069     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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