Iterative reconstruction technique with reduced volume CT dose index: diagnostic accuracy in pediatric acute appendicitis

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-187

  Didier, Ryne A ^a   Vajtai, Petra L ^a,b   Hopkins, Katharine L ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Children; Computed tomography; Iterative reconstruction; Radiation dose reduction

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING PHANTOM; MALE; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84938832965     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-3109-7     Document Type: Article

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