Solitary pulmonary nodules: Part II. Evaluation of the indeterminate nodule

Radiographics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-66

  Erasmus, Jeremy J ^a   McAdams, H Page ^a   Connolly, John E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorine, radioactive, 60.12163; Lung, CT, 60.1211; Lung, diseases, 60.281, 60.332; Lung, nodule, 60.11, 60.1211, 60.12163, 60.281, 60.332; Lung, radionuclide studies, 60.12163

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033627915     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.20.1.g00ja0259     Document Type: Review

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