The CT appearance of aortic transection

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 647-651

  Marotta, Rob ^a   Franchetto, Arlene A ^b  

^a St Catharines General Site   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030039993     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.166.3.8623643     Document Type: Article

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