Diagnostic accuracy and patient acceptance of MRI in children with suspected appendicitis

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 630-637

  Thieme, Mai E ^a   Leeuwenburgh, Marjolein M N ^b   Valdehueza, Zaldy D ^a   Bouman, Donald E ^c   De Bruin, Ivar G J M ^a   Schreurs, W Hermien ^a   Houdijk, Alexander P J ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^b   Wiarda, Bart M ^a  

^a Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Diffusion weighted imaging; Gastrointestinal radiology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Patient tolerance; Ultrasound, appendicitis

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896694464     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-3044-2     Document Type: Article

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