Multislice CT in thoracic trauma

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 599-616

  Rivas, Luis A ^a   Fishman, Joel E ^a   Múnera, Felipe ^a   Bajayo, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART CONTUSION; HEART INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG CONTUSION; LUNG INJURY; MULTIPLANAR IMAGING; MULTISLICE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE; STERNUM; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX INJURY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0038583565     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(03)00027-7     Document Type: Review

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