Detection of ingested cocaine-filled packets-Diagnostic value of unenhanced CT

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-138

  Schmidt, Sabine ^a   Hugli, Olivier ^a   Rizzo, Elena ^a   Lepori, Domenico ^a   Gudinchet, F ^a   Yersin, Bertrand ^a   Schnyder, Pierre ^a   Meuwly, Jean Yves ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body stuffers; Cocaine; Computed tomography; Digestive tract; Drug dealer

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DOSAGE; DRUG THERAPY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIGMENTS; TURBULENT FLOW; VISUALIZATION;

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELSEVIER (CO); EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED); IMAGING MODALITIES; IRELAND; MULTIDETECTOR CT (MDCT); NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE (NPV); PHANTOM MODELS; SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES;

HEALTH;

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COCAINE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTESTINES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44949194836     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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