Sounds, ultrasounds, and artifacts: Which clinical role for lung imaging?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 780-781

  Trovato, Guglielmo M ^a   Sperandeo, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LETTER; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; THORACIC ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 84875822152     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.187.7.780     Document Type: Letter

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