Lateral decubitus CT: A useful adjunct to standard inspiratory- expiratory CT for the detection of air-trapping

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 528-530

  Franquet, Tomas ^a   Stern, Eric J ^b   Giménez, Ana ^a   Sabaté, Josep Ma ^a   Domingo, Pere ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0033959972     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.174.2.1740528     Document Type: Article

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