Thoracic wall ultrasonography-normal and pathological findings. Pictorial essay

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-233

  Chira, Romeo ^a   Chira, Alexandra ^b   Mircea, Petru Adrian ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Prof Dr Octavian Fodor Emergency Hospital   (Romania)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Thoracic wall; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DESMOID TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PLEURA EMPYEMA; RIB FRACTURE; SARCOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX WALL; TIETZE SYNDROME;

HUMANS; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 80052828857     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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