Electrical impedance tomography - A new toy for boys or the future for mechanically ventilated patients?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1380-1381

  Schultz, Marcus J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HERMES Critical Care Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Computed tomography; Diagnostics; Electrical impedance tomography; Pneumothorax; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 41649084436     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31816a1125     Document Type: Editorial

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