Radiologic signs in thoracic imaging: Case-based review and self-assessment module

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2009, Pages

  Parker, Mark S ^a,b   Chasen, Marvin H ^c   Paul, Narinder ^d  

^a Worldwide Innovations and Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head cheese sign; Hilum convergence sign; Hilum overlay sign; Hogshead cheese sign; Incomplete border sign; Luftsichel sign; Thoracic imaging; Walking man sign; Water bottle sign

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SELF EVALUATION; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VAGUS NERVE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; PULMONARY EDEMA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACIC DISEASES; VAGUS NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 61949474798     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.7081     Document Type: Article

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