Blunt abdominal trauma: Emergency contrast-enhanced sonography for detection of solid organ injuries

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1361-1367

  Valentino, Massimo ^a   Serra, Carla ^a   Zironi, Gianni ^a   De Luca, Carlo ^a   Pavlica, Pietro ^a   Barozzi, Libero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; Contrast media; CT; Emergency radiology; Sonography; Trauma

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL; SONOVUE; CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN INJURY; STANDARD; ABDOMINAL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33646738185     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0027     Document Type: Article

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