Chest CT-scan in children: Main applications and advantages

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 18, 1999, Pages 56-59

  García Peña, Pilar ^a   Lucaya, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345003734     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(1999)27:18+<56::AID-PPUL18>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Conference Paper

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