Implication of the CT characteristics of subcentimeter pulmonary nodules

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-109

  Tsuchiya, Ryosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

BAC; CT screening; GGO; Subcentimeter pulmonary nodule; Sublobar resection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23744431873     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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