Multidetector computed tomography-spectrum of blunt chest wall and lung injuries in polytraumatized patients

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-338

  Peters, S ^a   Nicolas, V ^a   Heyer, C M ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SCAPULA; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STERNUM; THORAX INJURY; THORAX WALL;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL CAVITY; RIB FRACTURES; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SPINAL FRACTURES; STERNUM; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACIC WALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 77949775127     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.12.008     Document Type: Review

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