Low-tube-current multidetector CT for children with suspected extrinsic airway compression

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1523-1527

  Pacharn, Preeyacha ^a,b   Poe, Stacy A ^a   Donnelly, Lane F ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; VASCULAR RING;

EID: 0036891767     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.179.6.1791523     Document Type: Article

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