Is virtual bronchoscopy useful for physicians practising in a district general hospital?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 945, 2004, Pages 420-423

  Dheda, K ^a   Roberts, C M ^a   Partridge, M R ^a   Mootoosamy, I ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRTUAL BRONCHOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242663335     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.013946     Document Type: Review

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