MR imaging of pneumonia in immunocompromised patients: Comparison with helical CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 391-397

  Leutner, Claudia C ^a   Gieseke, Jürgen ^a   Lutterbey, Götz ^b   Kuhl, Christiane K ^a   Glasmacher, Axel ^a   Wardelmann, Eva ^a   Theisen, Albert ^a   Schild, Hans H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033865285     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.175.2.1750391     Document Type: Article

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