Are Two-dimensional CT Measurements of Small Noncalcified Pulmonary Nodules Reliable?

Radiology

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 453-458

  Revel, Marie Pierre ^a   Bissery, Alvine ^a   Bienvenu, Marie ^a   Aycard, Laetitia ^a   Lefort, Catherine ^a   Frija, Guy ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Lung neoplasms, CT; Lung neoplasms, diagnosis; Lung, nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2142697951     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2312030167     Document Type: Article

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