Profiles of US and CT imaging features with a high probability of appendicitis

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1657-1666

  Van Randen, A ^a   Lameris W ^a   Van Es, H W ^b   Ten Hove, W ^c   Bouma, W H ^c   Van Leeuwen, M S ^d   Van Keulen, E M ^e   Van Der Hulst, V P M ^e   Henneman, O D ^f   Bossuyt, P M ^a   Boermeester, M A ^a   Stoker, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e Tergooi hospitals ^*  (Netherlands)

^f MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Acute appendicitis; Computed tomography; Imaging features; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954815178     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1706-x     Document Type: Article

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