Interobserver variability in determining enhancement of renal masses on helical CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1207-1212

  Siegel, Cary Lynn ^a   Fisher, Andrew J ^a   Bennett, Harold F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032724785     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.5.10227490     Document Type: Article

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