Detection of Soft Tissue Foreign Bodies in the Presence of Soft Tissue Gas

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 677-681

  Lyon, Matt ^a   Brannam, Larry ^a   Johnson, Douglas ^a   Blaivas, Michael ^a   Duggal, Sandeep ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crepitus; Emergency sonography; Foreign body; Soft tissue gas; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PATIENT MONITORING; RANDOM PROCESSES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SCANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

FOREIGN BODY DETECTION; REAL-TIME SONOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

GLASS; METAL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOREIGN BODY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 2342566490     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.5.677     Document Type: Article

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