Pneumothorax size: Correlation of supine anteroposterior with erect posteroanterior chest radiographs

Radiology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 567-569

  Choi, Byung Gil ^a   Park, Seog Hee ^a   Yun, Eun Hee ^a   Chae, Kyung Ok ^a   Shinn, Kyung Sub ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lung, collapse; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 3643110361     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.209.2.9807591     Document Type: Article

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