Comparison of sonography and computed tomography as imaging tools for assessment of airway structures

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 965-972

  Prasad, Arun ^a   Yu, Eugene ^a   Wong, David T ^a   Karkhanis, Reena ^a   Gullane, Patrick ^b   Chan, Vincent W S ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway imaging; Computed tomography; Difficult intubation; Sonography

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT PATIENTS; AIRWAY STRUCTURES; DIFFICULT INTUBATION; IMAGING TOOLS; MEASUREMENTS OF; STANDARD CONDITIONS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; THYROID CARTILAGE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959619810     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.7.965     Document Type: Article

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