Traumatic Pneumothorax Detection with Thoracic US: Correlation with Chest Radiography and CT—Initial Experience

Rowan, Kevin; W. Kirkpatrick, Andrew; Liu, David; E. Forkheim, Kevin; R. Mayo, John; Nicolaou, Savvas

doi:10.1148/radiol.2251011102

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Traumatic Pneumothorax Detection with Thoracic US: Correlation with Chest Radiography and CT—Initial Experience

Published in Radiology • Oct 1, 2002

Authors:

Kevin Rowan

Andrew W. Kirkpatrick

David Liu

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prospectively compare the accuracy of ultrasonography (US) with that of supine chest radiography in the detection of traumatic pneumothoraces, with computed tomography (CT) as the reference standard. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thoracic US, supine chest radiography, and CT were performed to a...

Subject

Medicine

Supine position

Pneumothorax

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