Evaluation of the maximum depth of intraluminal appendiceal fluid to diagnose appendicitis with a 64-detector row CT scanner

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 703-710

  Moteki, Takao ^a   Ohya, Nariyuki ^a   Horikoshi, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a Fujioka General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Gunma Cancer Tomo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

appendicitis; appendix; contrast media; CT; MDCT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

APPENDICITI; APPENDIX; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CT; CT SCANNERS; INTRALUMINAL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MDCT; WALL THICKENING; WALL THICKNESS;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 81355139794     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3182324443     Document Type: Article

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