MDCT diagnosis of appendicitis using only coronal reformations

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-172

  Yaghmai, Vahid ^a   Brandwein, Warren M ^a   Hammond, Nancy ^a   Nikolaidis, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Appendicitis; Computer assisted; Image processing; Image reconstruction; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; IOHEXOL;

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DATA DISPLAY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOHEXOL; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447099676     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0610-4     Document Type: Article

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