Multidetector CT Evaluation of Tracheobronchomalacia

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-269

  Lee, Edward Y ^a   Litmanovich, Diana ^b   Boiselle, Phillip M ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchomalacia; Clinical indications; Diagnostic criterion; Image interpretation; MDCT protocols; Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT); Tracheobronchomalacia; Tracheomalacia

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOMALACIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG VOLUME; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOMALACIA;

HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA;

EID: 60649097585     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2008.11.007     Document Type: Review

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