Mosaic pattern of lung attenuation on CT scans: Frequency among patients with pulmonary artery hypertension of different causes

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-82

  Sherrick, Andrew D ^a   Swensen, Stephen J ^b   Hartman, Thomas E ^b  

^a MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMPHYSEMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0030813989     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.169.1.9207504     Document Type: Article

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