Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: High-resolution CT and MR findings

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-248

  Hoshino, Hideaki ^a   Koba, Hiroyuki ^a   Inomata, Shin Ichiroh ^a   Kurokawa, Keizo ^a   Morita, Yuji ^a   Yoshida, Kazuhiro ^a   Akiba, Hidenari ^a   Abe, Shosaku ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lungs, calcification; Lungs, diseases; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALVEOLAR MICROLITHIASIS; CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSE LAYER; HIGH RESOLUTION CT; LUNG, CALCIFICATION; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; T1-WEIGHTED;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE FORMATION;

EID: 0031958659     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199803000-00016     Document Type: Article

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