Pitfalls in Lung Cancer Assessment with CT

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-34

  White, Charles S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Diagnostic Radiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1642575995     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200401000-00005     Document Type: Review

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