Acute abdominal pain: Value of non-contrast enhanced ultra-low-dose multi-detector row CT as a substitute for abdominal radiographs

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-70

  Udayasankar, Unni K ^a   Li, Jianhai ^a   Baumgarten, Deborah A ^a   Small, William C ^a   Kalra, Mannudeep K ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; CT; Ultra low dose

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56349146816     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-008-0743-0     Document Type: Article

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