Computed tomography diagnosis of acute appendicitis: Advantages of reviewing thin-section datasets using sliding slab average intensity projection technique

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 579-585

  Lee, Kyoung Ho ^a,c   Kim, Young Hoon ^a,c   Hahn, Seokyung ^b,c   Lee, Kyung Won ^a,c   Kim, Tae Jung ^a,c   Kang, Sung Bum ^a,c   Shin, Joong Ho ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Average intensity projection; Computed tomography; Sliding slab

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33747827820     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000221999.22095.b7     Document Type: Review

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