Ex Vivo Lung Sonography: Morphologic-Ultrasound Relationship

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1169-1179

  Soldati, Gino ^a   Inchingolo, Riccardo ^b   Smargiassi, Andrea ^b   Sher, Sara ^c   Nenna, Rosanna ^d   Inchingolo, Cosimo Damiano ^d   Valente, Salvatore ^b  

^a Valle del Serchio General Hospital   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d L Bonomo General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alveolar interstitial syndrome; Chest sonography; Lung density; Lung US histologic relationship; Porosity; Ultrasound lung artifacts

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTERACTION; ALVEOLAR-INTERSTITIAL SYNDROME; CRITICAL LEVEL; EX-VIVO; LUNG PATTERNS; LUNG SONOGRAPHY; LUNG US/HISTOLOGIC RELATIONSHIP; PATHOLOGIC CONDITIONS; PHYSIOLOGIC CONDITIONS; SONOGRAPHIC; TISSUE DENSITY; VARIABLE DENSITY;

POROSITY; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; B SCAN; DENSITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPEREMIA; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND INTERSTITIAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861849451     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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