Cardiothoracic ratio in postmortem computed tomography: Reliability and threshold for the diagnosis of cardiomegaly

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-49

  Winklhofer, Sebastian ^a,b   Berger, Nicole ^a,b   Ruder, Thomas ^a,c   Elliott, Marina ^d   Stolzmann, Paul ^a,b   Thali, Michael ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^b   Ampanozi, Garyfalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardio thoracic ratio; Cardiomegaly; Computed tomography; Forensic radiology; Heart size; Reliability; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893695164     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-013-9504-9     Document Type: Article

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