Imaging of metastatic disease to the thorax

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 481-495

  Aquino, Suzanne L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARCINOMATOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHANGITIS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 17444377164     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2005.02.006     Document Type: Review

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