Accuracy and Time Efficiency for the Detection of Thoracic Cage Fractures: Volume Rendering Compared with Transverse Computed Tomography Images

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 378-385

  Alkadhi, Hatem ^a   Wildermuth, Simon ^a   Marincek, Borut ^a   Boehm, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Multidetector row computed tomography; Thoracic cage fractures; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; EFFICIENCY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VOLUME RENDERING;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; HIGH-ACCURACY; MEAN SENSITIVITY; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RIB FRACTURES; THORACIC CAGE FRACTURE; TIME EFFICIENCIES;

FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STERNUM; THORAX; THORAX FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 2342495280     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200405000-00013     Document Type: Article

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