Tracheobronchomalacia: Current concepts and controversies

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-289

  Ridge, Carole A ^a,b   O'Donnell, Carl R ^a,b   Lee, Edward Y ^a,b   Majid, Adnan ^a,b   Boiselle, Phillip M ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional; airway obstruction; imaging; tomography; tracheobronchomalacia; tracheomalacia; x ray computed

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA;

HUMANS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA;

EID: 80054934206     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3182203342     Document Type: Review

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