Why can we not see a normal appendix on CT? An evaluation of the factors influencing nonvisualization of a normal appendix by 64-slice MDCT

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Kim, Hyun Cheol ^a   Yang, Dal Mo ^a   Shin, Hyun Phil ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appendix; Factor; MDCT; Normal

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERIES; APPENDIX; FACTOR; FAT CONTENTS; MDCT; MDCT IMAGES; NORMAL; SMALL BOWELS; WALL THICKENINGS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CECUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEOCECAL VALVE; INTESTINE FLUID; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SMALL INTESTINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149201055     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.06.029     Document Type: Article

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