Ring-down artifacts posterior to the right hemidiaphragm on abdominal sonography: Sign of pulmonary parenchymal abnormalities

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 403-410

  Lim, Jae Hoon ^a,b   Lee, Kyung Soo ^b   Kim, Tae Sung ^b   Chung, Man Pyo ^b  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artifacts, ring down; Interstitial diseases of lung; Lung, interstitial diseases; Lung, ultrasonography; Ring down artifacts

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; PULMONARY DISEASES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

ABDOMINAL SONOGRAPHY; PULMONARY PARENCHYMAL ABNORMALITIES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PREDICTION;

EID: 0344327059     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.6.403     Document Type: Article

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