Traumatic injuries: Imaging of thoracic injuries

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1273-1294

  Gavelli, G ^a   Canini, R ^a   Bertaccini, P ^a   Battista, G ^a   Bna C ^a   Fattori, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest trauma; Imaging; Thoracic injuries; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AORTA INJURY; BLEEDING; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOCK; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; INJURY; LUNG; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036595191     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1439-6     Document Type: Review

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