CT in Blunt Chest Trauma: Indications and Limitations

Radiographics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1071-1084

  Van Hise, Milton L ^a   Primack, Steven L ^a   Israel, R Scott ^a   Müller, Nestor L ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aorta, injuries, 943.412, 943.413; Diaphragm, injuries, 66.412, 795.41; Lung, injuries, 60.412; Mediastinum, hemorrhage, 67.4128; Thorax, CT, 60.1211; Thorax, injuries, 32.41, 471.41, 472.41, 60.412, 66.412, 943.412, 943.413

Indexed keywords

AORTA RUPTURE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX INJURY;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032161718     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.18.5.9747608     Document Type: Article

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