Detection of chest trauma with whole-body low-dose linear slit digital radiography: A multireader study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Szucs Farkas, Zsolt ^a   Kaelin, Irene ^a   Flach, Patricia M ^a   Rosskopf, Andrea ^a   Ruder, Thomas D ^a   Triantafyllou, Maria ^a   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a   Vock, Peter ^a   Bonel, Harald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chest trauma; Computed radiography; Emergency radiology; Lung contusion; Pneumothorax; Rib fracture; Trauma; Whole body linear slit digital radiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SCAPULA FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SHOULDER FRACTURE; STERNUM FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY; VICTIM; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 77951965437     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3378     Document Type: Article

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