Electrical impedance tomography

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-24

  Costa, Eduardo L V ^a   Lima, Paul Gonzalez ^a   Amato, Marcelo B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance tomography; Imaging; Lungs; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; LUNG; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 61449231825     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3283220e8c     Document Type: Review

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