Multidetector high-resolution computed tomography of the lungs: Protocols and applications

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-141

  Sundaram, Baskaran ^a   Chughtai, Aamer R ^a   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

High resolution computed tomography; Interstitial lung disease; Lungs; Protocols; Technique

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPHYSEMA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952367198     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181d9ca37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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