Discriminatory power of 3.5 MHz convex and 7.5 MHz linear ultrasound probes for the imaging of traumatic splenic lesions: A feasibility study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-43

  Stengel, Dirk ^a,c   Bauwens, Kai ^a   Sehouli, Jalid ^b   Nantke, Jürgen ^a   Ekkernkamp, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Unfallkrankenh Berlin Trauma Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Resolution properties; Spleen injury; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SPLEEN; SPLEEN RUPTURE; STANDARD; TRANSDUCER;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPLEEN; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0035408214     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200107000-00006     Document Type: Article

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