Feasibility of low-dose unenhanced multi-detector CT in patients with suspected acute appendicitis: Comparison with sonography

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 296-301

  Karabulut, Nevzat ^a   Kiroglu, Yilmaz ^a   Herek, Duygu ^a   Kocak, Tevfik Baris ^a   Erdur, Bulent ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Computerized tomography; Low dose; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; AREA UNDER THE CURVES; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; LOW DOSE; MULTI-DETECTORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899116128     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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