Mathematical Modeling Improves Computed Tomography Diagnosis of Traumatic Aortic Injury

Academic Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1244-1253

  Fetzer, David T ^a   Green, Charles ^a   West, O Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; aortic rupture; computed tomography; computer assisted; helical; image interpretation; models; nonpenetrating; regression analysis; statistical; thoracic; thoracic injuries; wounds

Indexed keywords

AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AORTA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33748474190     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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