Pictorial essay: Lung infection in radiology: A summary of frequently depicted signs

Journal Belge de Radiologie

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 66-71

  Van Mieghem, I M ^a   De Wever, W F ^b   Verschakelen, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lung infection; Thorax, CT; Thorax, radiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCUS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG FLUID; LUNG INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 20444507613     PISSN: 00217646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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