Making the transition: The role of helical CT in the evaluation of potentially acute thoracic aortic injuries

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1267-1272

  Parker, M S ^a   Matheson, T L ^a   Rao, A V ^a   Sherbourne, C D ^a   Jordan, K G ^a   Landay, M J ^a   Miller, G L ^a   Summa, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA INJURY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

EID: 0035049018     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.176.5.1761267     Document Type: Article

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