Low-dose CT of the thorax in cancer follow-up

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-174

  Yamada, Takayuki ^a   Ono, Shuichi ^a   Tsuboi, Masahiro ^a   Saito, Haruo ^a   Sato, Akihiro ^a   Matsuhashi, Toshio ^a   Ishibashi, Tadashi ^a   Takahashi, Shoki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer follow up; Low dose CT; Thorax

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOLOGY; TUMORS;

ESOPHAGEL CANCER; THORAX;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

EID: 3142677237     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.09.017     Document Type: Article

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