title: MDCT with coronal reconstruction: clinical benefit in evaluation of suspected acute appendicitis in pediatric patients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Gil Medical Center, 1198 Kuwol-Dong, Namdong-Gu, Incheon, 405-220, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoo Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jee-Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyung Sik
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hee Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: 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*