Chest tuberculosis: Radiological review and imaging recommendations

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 213-225

  Bhalla, Ashu Seith ^a   Goyal, Ankur ^a   Guleria, Randeep ^a   Gupta, Arun Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chest radiograph; chest tuberculosis (pulmonary; nodal and pleural); computed tomography; imaging recommendations; TB active

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEST TUBERCULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FOLLOW UP; GANGLIOPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84938386901     PISSN: 09713026     EISSN: 19983808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.161431     Document Type: Article

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