The anterior mediastinum: Anatomy and imaging procedures;Il mediastino anteriore: Anatomia e tecniche di studio

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-311

  Priola, S M ^a   Priola, A M ^a   Cardinale, L ^a   Perotto, F ^a   Fava, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior mediastinum; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography; Sonography; Standard radiography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ABSCESS; BENIGN TUMOR; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; GOITER; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TERATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID MASS; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GOITER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TERATOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33646248910     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-006-0031-6     Document Type: Review

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