Ultrafast 3-T MRI in the evaluation of children with acute lower abdominal pain for the detection of appendicitis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1424-1430

  Johnson, Alisa K ^a,b   Filippi, Christopher G ^a   Andrews, Trevor ^a   Higgins, Timothy ^a   Tam, Judy ^a   Keating, David ^a   Ashikaga, Takamaru ^c   Braff, Steven P ^a   Gallant, Janice ^a  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute abdominal pain; Appendicitis; MRI; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861596948     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7436     Document Type: Article

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