Lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema: What the radiologist needs to know

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-249

  Screaton, Nicholas J ^a   Reynolds, J H ^b  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32544460090     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.09.009     Document Type: Review

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