Missed lung cancer at CT: Imaging findings in nine patients

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-122

  Gurney, Jud W ^a  

^a University of Nebraska Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic radiology, observer performance; Lung neoplasms; Lung neoplasms, CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0029865849     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.1.8633132     Document Type: Article

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