Pulmonary nodules: Detection with low-dose vs conventional-dose spiral CT

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 609-614

  Gartenschlager M ^a   Schweden, F ^a   Gast, K ^a   Westermeier, T ^a   Kauczor, H U ^a   Von Zitzewitz, H ^a   Thelen, M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Lung; Nodule; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031627277     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050445     Document Type: Article

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