Thin-section CT vs spiral CT in candidates for lung volume reduction surgery: A comparison based on radiologists' subjective preferences

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 402-408

  Cederlund, K ^a   Bergstrand, L ^a   Hogberg S ^a   Rasmussen, E ^a   Svane, B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Emphysema; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FILM; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG STRUCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034889099     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300000590     Document Type: Article

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