CT of the normal esophagus to define the normal air column and its extent and distribution

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 748-752

  Schraufnagel, Dean E ^a   Michel, Jon C ^a   Sheppard, Todd J ^a,b   Saffold, Patricia Cole ^a   Kondos, George T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest CT; Esophagus; Normal; Radiographic anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51349132475     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3455     Document Type: Article

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