MDCT for automated detection and measurement of pneumothoraces in trauma patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 830-836

  Cai, Wenli ^a   Tabbara, Malek ^a   Takata, Noboru ^a   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a   Harris, Gordon J ^a   Novelline, Robert A ^a   De Moya, Marc ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized volumetry; Emergency radiology; Occult pneumothorax; Pneumothorax; Quantifying pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63049139695     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1339     Document Type: Article

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