'Oblique path' - The optimal needle path for computed tomography-guided biopsy of small subpleural lesions

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 332-334

  Tanaka, Junji ^a   Sonomura, Tetsuo ^b   Shioyama, Yasukazu ^b   Kutsukake, Yasumichi ^b   Tomita, Kazumi ^b   Ushimi, Takashi ^b   Yokoyama, Yoshiaki ^b   Abe, Katsumi ^b   Suzuki, Kenzo ^b  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography guidance; Lung neoplasms; Percutaneous biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUOROSCOPY; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029910173     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002709900070     Document Type: Article

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