Comparison of chest radiography and high-resolution computed tomography findings in early and low-grade coal worker's pneumoconiosis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-180

  Savranlar, Ahmet ^a   Altin, Remzi ^a   Mahmutyazicioǧlu, Kamran ^a   Özdemir, Hüseyin ^a   Kart, Levent ^a   Özer, Tülay ^a   Gündoǧdu, Sadi ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis; CWP; HRCT; X Ray

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING;

CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; PARENCHYMAL ABNORMALITIES;

RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COAL WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COAL; COAL MINING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 3142737281     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.10.017     Document Type: Article

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