MDCT diagnosis of appendicitis using only coronal reformations.

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Published in Emerg Radiol on April 25, 2007

Authors

Vahid Yaghmai1, Warren M Brandwein, Nancy Hammond, Paul Nikolaidis

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, Northwestern University--Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N. Saint Clair Street, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. v-yaghmai@northwestern.edu

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