Radiographic and CT appearances of the major fissures

Radiographics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 861-874

  Hayashi, Kuniaki ^a   Aziz, Aamer ^a   Ashizawa, Kazuto ^a   Hayashi, Hideyuki ^a   Nagaoki, Kenji ^a   Otsuji, Hideaki ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung, anatomy, 60.92; Lung, collapse, 60.74; Lung, CT, 60.1211; Lung, diseases, 60

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035408790     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.21.4.g01jl24861     Document Type: Article

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