Normal radiographic anatomy of thoracic structures: Analysis of 1000 chest radiographs in Japanese population

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 929, 2005, Pages 398-404

  Abiru, H ^a   Ashizawa, K ^a   Hashmi, R ^a   Hayashi, K ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTOGRAPHY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18844415050     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/20497987     Document Type: Article

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