MDCT of Trachea and Main Bronchi

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 157-176

  Javidan Nejad, Cylen ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central airway; Trachea; Tracheobronchial imaging; Tracheomalacia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; AMYLOIDOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MEDIASTINITIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; REVIEW; TRACHEA CARCINOMA; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; TRACHEOMALACIA; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

BRONCHOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL DISEASES; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS; TRACHEOMALACIA;

EID: 71049175766     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2009.10.003     Document Type: Review

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