MDCT of tracheobronchial narrowing in pediatric patients

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 300-309

  Lee, Edward Y ^a   Siegel, Marilyn J ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central airway narrowing; Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT); Multiplanar reformations (MPR) and three dimensional (3D) reconstructions; Pediatric patients

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLOMA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; VASCULAR LESION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CHILD; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 34548230620     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3180cab6e8     Document Type: Article

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