HRCT diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung disease: Inter-observer variation

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 506-511

  Aziz, Z A ^a   Wells, A U ^a   Hansell, D M ^a   Bain, G A ^b   Copley, S J ^c   Desai, S R ^d   Ellis, S M ^e   Gleeson, F V ^f   Grubnic, S ^g   Nicholson, A G ^a   Padley, S P G ^h   Pointon, K S ⁱ   Reynolds, J H ^j   Robertson, R J H ^k   Rubens, M B ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE PARENCHYMAL LUNG DISEASE; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; THORAX; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942677198     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2003.020396     Document Type: Review

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