Neutral vs positive oral contrast in diagnosing acute appendicitis with contrast-enhanced CT: Sensitivity, specificity, reader confidence and interpretation time

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1001, 2011, Pages 418-426

  Naeger, D M ^a   Chang, S D ^b   Kolli, P ^a   Shah, V ^a   Huang, W ^a   Thoeni, Ruedi F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RADIOLOGIST; READING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESIDENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955091506     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/20854868     Document Type: Article

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