Imaging of chest trauma: Radiological patterns of injury and diagnostic algorithms

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-70

  Lomoschitz, Fritz M ^a   Eisenhuber, Edith ^a   Linnau, Ken F ^a   Peloschek, Philipp ^a   Schoder, Maria ^a   Bankier, Alexander A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

CT; Thorax; Trauma

Indexed keywords

PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY;

TRAUMA;

DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; AORTA INJURY; BONE INJURY; BRONCHUS INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA INJURY;

EID: 0141737130     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(03)00202-X     Document Type: Article

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