Comparison between two methods for estimating pneumothorax size from chest X-rays

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1356-1359

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a,b   Weldon, Daragh ^a   Tsang, Anna Y L ^c   Graham, Colin A ^c  

^a Western Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Pneumothorax; Rhea method; Size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745379984     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.11.022     Document Type: Article

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