Pediatric chest ultrasound.
Ultrasound examination of the thorax can be quite rewarding in children, because their unique thoracic anatomy provides many acoustic windows into the chest. With only a modest effort, chest ultrasonography can provide many clinically relevant answers, without the radiation exposure from CT, or the need for sedation sometimes required for CT and MR imaging.
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Brian D
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Section of Ultrasound, Department of Radiology, Columbus Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205, USA. bcoley@chi.osu.edu
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