How accurate is the Light index for estimating pneumothorax size?

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 196-198

  Hoi, K ^a   Turchin, B ^a   Kelly, A M ^a,b,c  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collins method; Light index; Pneumothorax; Size calculation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIN METHOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT INDEX; LUNG COLLAPSE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33947273243     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01705.x     Document Type: Article

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