Diagnosis of cirrhosis by spiral computed tomography: A case-control study with feature analysis and assessment of interobserver agreement

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-203

  Keedy, Alexander ^a   Westphalen, Antonio C ^a   Qayyum, Aliya ^a   Aslam, Rizwan ^a   Rybkin, Alexander V ^a   Chen, Mei Hsiu ^a   Coakley, Fergus V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Computed tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LIVER;

AREAS UNDER THE CURVES; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CIRRHOSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEATURE ANALYSIS; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; STATISTICS ANALYSIS;

BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 41749119196     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31815ea857     Document Type: Article

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