Lung ring-down artifact as a sign of pulmonary alveolar-interstitial disease

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-377

  Louvet, Arnaud ^a   Jean Marie Bourgeois, ^b  

^a Small Animal Veterinary Clinic   (France)

^b Centre Francophone de Formation en Echographie (CFFE)   (France)

Author keywords

Alveolar interstitial disease; Artifact; Dog; Lung ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 54749121001     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2008.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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