Screening of Illegal Intracorporeal Containers (“Body Packing”): Is Abdominal Radiography Sufficiently Accurate? A Comparative Study with Low-Dose CT | Zendy

PierreAlexandre Poletti | Zendy; Laurent Canel | Zendy; Christoph D. Becker | Zendy; Hans Wolff | Zendy; Bernice S. Elger | Zendy; Eric Lock | Zendy; François Sarasin | Zendy; Monica S. Bonfanti | Zendy; Elise DupuisLozeron | Zendy; Thomas Perneger | Zendy; Alexandra Platon | Zendy

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Screening of Illegal Intracorporeal Containers (“Body Packing”): Is Abdominal Radiography Sufficiently Accurate? A Comparative Study with Low-Dose CT

Author(s) -

PierreAlexandre Poletti,

Laurent Canel,

Christoph D. Becker,

Hans Wolff,

Bernice S. Elger,

Eric Lock,

François Sarasin,

Monica S. Bonfanti,

Elise DupuisLozeron,

Thomas Perneger,

Alexandra Platon

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

radiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.118

H-Index - 295

eISSN - 1527-1315

pISSN - 0033-8419

DOI - 10.1148/radiol.12112767

Subject(s) - medicine , radiography , supine position , nuclear medicine , radiology , institutional review board , effective dose (radiation) , surgery

To evaluate the diagnostic performance of abdominal radiography in the detection of illegal intracorporeal containers (hereafter, packets), with low-dose computed tomography (CT) as the reference standard.

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