MDCT with coronal reconstruction: clinical benefit in evaluation of suspected acute appendicitis in pediatric patients.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to assess the role of the addition of coronal reformatted images to MDCT in the evaluation of suspected acute appendicitis in pediatric patients.


CONCLUSIONS
In pediatric patients with suspected appendicitis, the addition of coronal reformatted scans to axial images in MDCT increases confidence in the diagnosis or exclusion of acute appendicitis.
Kim
Yoo Jin
YJ
Department of Radiology, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Gil Medical Center, 1198 Kuwol-Dong, Namdong-Gu, Incheon, 405-220, Korea.
Kim
Jee-Eun
JE
Kim
Hyung Sik
HS
Hwang
Hee Young
HY
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*