Comparison of conventional and simulated reduced-tube current MDCT for evaluation of suspected appendicitis in the pediatric population

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 651-658

  Swanick, Cameron W ^a,b   Gaca, Ana M ^c   Hollingsworth, Caroline L ^c   Maxfield, Charles M ^c   Li, Xiang ^c,d   Samei, Ehsan ^c,d   Paulson, Erik K ^c   McCarthy, Matthew B ^c   Frush, Donald P ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Carl E Ravin Advanced Imaging Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; CT; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATED REDUCED TUBE CURRENT MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84884664597     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9667     Document Type: Article

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