Contrast-enhanced sonography of the lung for differential diagnosis of atelectasis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-39

  Görg, Christian ^a,b   Bert, Tillmann ^a   Kring, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Onkologie der Phillipsuniversität   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atelectasis; Contrast media; Lung; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPRESSED AIR; CONTRAST MEDIA; PULMONARY DISEASES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TISSUE;

ATELECTASIS; LUNG; PARENCHYMAL PHASES; SONOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; B SCAN; BRONCHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 30144441328     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.1.35     Document Type: Article

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