MDCT quantification is the dominant parameter in decision-making regarding chest tube drainage for stable patients with traumatic pneumothorax.

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Published in Comput Med Imaging Graph on May 04, 2012

Authors

Wenli Cai1, June-Goo Lee, Karim Fikry, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Robert Novelline, Marc de Moya

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Cai.Wenli@mgh.harvard.edu

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