Differentiation of malignant from benign solitary pulmonary lesions using chest radiography, spiral CT and HRCT

Lung Cancer

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-124

  Seemann, Marcus Dieter ^a   Seemann, Oliver ^a   Luboldt, Wolfgang ^a   Bonél, Harald ^a   Sittek, Harald ^a   Dienemann, Hendrik ^a   Staebler, Axel ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Computed tomography (CT), high resolution; Computed tomography (CT), spiral technology; Lung cancer, diagnosis; Lung, solitary pulmonary lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PSEUDOTUMOR; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033841694     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(00)00104-5     Document Type: Article

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