The imaging of stab injuries

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-106

  De Vries, Coert S ^a   Africa, Mogoeemang ^a   Gebremariam, Fekade A ^a   Van Rensburg, J Janse ^a   Otto, Susan F ^a   Potgieter, Henrik F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Central nervous system; Chest; Imaging; Neck; Peripheral; Sharp penetrating trauma; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CHEST IMAGING; CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; GOLD STANDARDS; IMAGING MODALITY; INTERVENTIONAL; MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; MULTIDETECTOR CT; REFERENCE STANDARD; THORACIC IMAGING; VASCULAR INJURY;

ABERRATIONS; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOLOGY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STAB WOUND;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 75649117013     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841850903225198     Document Type: Review

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