Usefulness of morphological characteristics for the differentiation of benign from malignant solitary pulmonary lesions using HRCT

European Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-417

  Seemann, M D ^a   Staebler, A ^a   Beinert, T ^b   Dienemann, H ^a   Obst, B ^a   Matzko, M ^a   Pistitsch, C ^a   Reiser, M F ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

High resolution CT; Lung; Lung neoplasms; Lung nodule

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032610302     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050683     Document Type: Article

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