MDCT for suspected appendicitis:Effect of reconstruction section thickness on diagnostic accuracy, rate of appendiceal visualization, and reader confidence using axial images

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 893-901

  Johnson, Pamela T ^a   Horton, Karen M ^a   Kawamoto, Satomi ^a   Eng, John ^a   Bean, Marchelle J ^a   Shan, Shannon J ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Appendicitis; Appendix; CT; MDCT; Technique

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IOHEXOL; OMNIPAQUE 750; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL DETECTION; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63849124101     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1685     Document Type: Article

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