Transthoracic ultrasound

Respiration

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-94

  Herth, Felix J F ^a   Becker, H D ^a  

^a Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest ultrasound; Pleural effusion; Pleural mass; Thoracic imaging; Ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA THICKENING; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; ULTRASOUND;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPH NODES; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PUNCTURES;

EID: 0037282871     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068420     Document Type: Article

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