Detection and grading of esophageal varices on liver CT: Comparison of standard and thin-section multiplanar reconstructions in diagnostic accuracy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 643-649

  Yu, Nam C ^a   Margolis, Daniel ^b   Hsu, Margaret ^b   Raman, Steven S ^b   Lu, David S K ^b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Esophageal varices; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLANAR RECONSTRUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052207563     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5458     Document Type: Article

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