Visibility of small peripheral lung cancers on chest radiographs: Influence of densitometric parameters, CT values and tumour type

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 877, 2001, Pages 32-41

  Yang, Z G ^a   Sone, S ^a   Li, F ^a   Takashima, S ^a   Maruyama, Y ^a   Honda, T ^a   Hasegawa, M ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; X RAY DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035131869     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.74.877.740032     Document Type: Article

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