Expiratory volumetric MDCT evaluation of air trapping in pediatric patients with and without tracheomalacia

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1210-1215

  Lee, Edward Y ^a   Tracy, Donald A ^a   Bastos, Maria D'Almeida ^a   Casey, Alicia M ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air trapping; Children; Expiratory volumetric MDCT; Infants; Tracheomalacia

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CLEARANCE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOMALACIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOMALACIA;

EID: 77951968773     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3259     Document Type: Article

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