" Synthetic" Comets: A New Look at Lung Sonography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1762-1770

  Soldati, Gino ^a   Giunta, Valeria ^b   Sher, Sara ^c   Melosi, Francesca ^d   Dini, Claudia ^e  

^a Valle del Serchio General Hospital   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artifact; Diagnosis; Lung; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG; LUNG SONOGRAPHY; PARTIALLY AERATED; POLYURETHANE SPONGE; VARIABLE DENSITY;

DIAGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASES; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; PHANTOM; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND INTERSTITIAL SYNDROME;

ACOUSTICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFACTS; BODY WATER; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYURETHANES;

EID: 80054765550     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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