MDCT for Computerized Volumetry of Pneumothoraces in Pediatric Patients

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-323

  Cai, Wenli ^a   Lee, Edward Y ^b   Vij, Abhinav ^a   Mahmood, Soran A ^b   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized volumetry method; Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT); Pediatric patients; Pneumothorax; Quantification of pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79551543521     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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