Reassessment of CT images to improve diagnostic accuracy in patients with suspected acute appendicitis and an equivocal preoperative CT interpretation

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1178-1185

  Kim, Hyun Cheol ^a   Yang, Dal Mo ^a   Kim, Sang Won ^a   Park, Seong Jin ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Appendicitis; Appendix; CT; Equivocal interpretation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX INTRALUMINAL AIR; APPENDIX WALL ENHANCEMENT; APPENDIX WALL THICKENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE PARAMETERS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861526997     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2362-5     Document Type: Review

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