The aurora sign: An ultrasonographic sign suggesting parenchymal lung disease

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 907, 2003, Pages 437-443

  Kohzaki, S ^a   Tsurusaki, K ^b   Uetani, M ^b   Nakanishi, K ^b   Hayashi, K ^b  

^a KITAKYUSHU CITY YAHATA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041368728     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/16438547     Document Type: Article

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