Diagnostic utility and clinical application of imaging for pleural space infections

Chest

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 467-479

  Heffner, John E ^a   Klein, Jeffrey S ^b   Hampson, Christopher ^b  

^a PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

BRONCHUS TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; METASTASIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURISY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 76749115180     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-3002     Document Type: Review

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