Splenic volume measurements on computed tomography utilizing automatically contouring software and its relationship with age, gender, and anthropometric parameters

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Harris, Ardene ^a   Kamishima, Tamotsu ^a   Hao, Hong Yi ^a   Kato, Fumi ^a   Omatsu, Tokuhiko ^a   Onodera, Yuya ^a   Terae, Satoshi ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Spleen; Splenic volume; Summation of areas

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CT SLICES; FAST TECHNIQUES; INTRA-OBSERVER VARIABILITY; QUICKLY CALCULATE; VOLUME INDEX;

ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; SPLEEN SIZE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWARE; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953870891     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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