Likelihood of malignancy in a solitary pulmonary nodule: Comparison of Bayesian analysis and results of FDG-PET scan

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 416-422

  Dewan, Naresh A ^a   Shehan, Christopher J ^a   Reeb, Steven D ^a   Gobar, Lisa S ^c   Scott, Walter J ^a   Ryschon, Kay ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 0030743081     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.2.416     Document Type: Article

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