Transthoracic sonography of diffuse parenchymal lung disease: The role of comet tail artifacts

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-180

  Reißig, Angelika ^a   Kroegel, Claus ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comet tail artifacts; Diffuse parenchymal lung disease; Pulmonary fibrosis; Transthoracic sonography

Indexed keywords

PULMONARY DISEASES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

SONOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; TRANSTHORACIC SONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037305273     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.2.173     Document Type: Article

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