Asthma: An Imaging Update

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-329

  Woods, Alyn Q ^a,b   Lynch, David A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; CT; Hyperpolarized 3He; Imaging; MRI; Radiology; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPHYSEMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PNEUMORETROPERITONEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60949093645     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2008.11.008     Document Type: Review

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