Late changes in barium sulfate aspiration: HRCT features

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2226-2229

  Voloudaki, A ^a   Ergazakis, N ^a   Gourtsoyiannis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Barium sulfate; Contrast media; Fibrosis; HRCT; Pneumonia aspiration

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BARIUM SULFATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG CYST; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG NODULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

AGED; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0042828914     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-002-1687-5     Document Type: Article

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