Influence of body habitus and use of oral contrast on reader confidence in patients with suspected acute appendicitis using 64 MDCT

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 445-453

  Anderson, Stephan W ^a   Rhea, James T ^a   Milch, Holly N ^a   Ozonoff, Al ^b   Lucey, Brian C ^a   Soto, Jorge A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Computed tomography; Confidence; Oral contrast

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; IOVERSOL; MEDESCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149360332     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-010-0875-x     Document Type: Article

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