Computed chest tomography in an animal model for decompression sickness: Radiologic, physiologic, and pathologic findings

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 534-541

  Reuter, M ^a   Tetzlaff, K ^a   Brasch, F ^b   Gerriets, T ^c   Weiher, M ^d   Struck, N ^a   Hirt, S ^a   Hansen, J ^d   Muller K M ^b   Heller, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR PATHOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d Friedrich Ebert Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Decompression sickness; Doppler recording; Lung; Pathology

Indexed keywords

INERT GAS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG FLUID; MICROEMBOLISM; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SWINE;

EID: 0034071160     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050092     Document Type: Article

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