Four-section multidetector computed tomographic imaging of bowel obstruction: Usefulness of axial and coronal plane combined reading

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 499-507

  Filippone, Antonella ^a   Cianci, Roberta ^a   Grassedonio, Emanuele ^a   Di Fabio, Francesca ^a   Storto, Maria Luigia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Bowel obstruction; Computed tomography; Image processing; Multidetector row

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; BOWEL OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONAL VIEWS; IMAGES PROCESSING; LARGE BOWEL; MULTI-DETECTORS; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR-ROW; SMALL BOWEL;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CECUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DESCENDING COLON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; JEJUNUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGMOID; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSVERSE COLON;

EID: 34648822093     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rct.0000238013.87802.3c     Document Type: Article

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