Multidetector CT evaluation of central airways stenoses: Comparison of virtual bronchoscopy, minimal-intensity projection, and multiplanar reformatted images

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-194

  Sundarakumar, Dinesh K ^a   Bhalla, Ashu S ^a   Sharma, Raju ^a   Hari, Smriti ^a   Guleria, Randeep ^a   Khilnani, Gopi C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Airway; bronchoscopy; computed tomography; virtual

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL INTENSITY PROJECTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLANAR REFORMATTED IMAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL BRONCHOSCOPY;

EID: 80053342430     PISSN: 09713026     EISSN: 19983808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.85366     Document Type: Article

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