The Senile Lung as a Possible Source of Pitfalls on Chest Ultrasonography and Computed Tomography

Respiration

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-62

  Ciccarese, Federica ^a   Chiesa, Anna Maria ^a   Feletti, Francesco ^b   Vizioli, Luca ^a   Pasquali, Milena ^a   Forti, Paola ^a   Zoli, Marco ^a   Zompatori, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Radiology Department Presidio Ospedaliero di Ravenna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging lung; Chest computed tomography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; B LINE; BRONCHIAL THICKENING; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHUS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CYST; LUNG ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SENILE LUNG; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THORAX EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYST; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRONCHIECTASIS; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84937976808     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000430994     Document Type: Article

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