Diffuse, micronodular lung disease. The high-resolution CT approach. A pictorial essay;Patologia polmonare diffusa micronodulare. Approccio diagnostico con TAC ad alta risoluzione. Quadri radiologici

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 139-144

  Patti, Arianna ^a   Tognini, Giuseppe ^a   Spaggiari, Enrica ^a   Bnà, Claudio ^a   Zompatori, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

High Resolution Computed Tomography; Lung, interstitium; Lung, micronodular lesions

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG LOBE; LUNG NODULE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1842761711     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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