Radiologic signs of weapons and munitions: How will noncombatants recognize them?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Maizlin, Zeev V ^a   Kuruvilla, Mathew ^a   Clement, Jason J ^b   Vos, Patrick M ^b   Brown, Jacqueline A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Munitions; Radiologic sign; Weapon

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SCIMITAR SYNDROME; WEAPON; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WEAPONS;

EXPLOSIVE;

EID: 77955640334     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.4029     Document Type: Review

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