Solitary pulmonary nodules: Detection, characterization, and guidance for further diagnostic workup and treatment

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-68

  Jeong, Yeong Joo ^a,b   Yi, Chin A ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chest imaging; Dynamic CT; Lung; Lung neoplasms; PET CT; Screening; Solitary pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BAYES THEOREM; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; THORACOSCOPY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR GROWTH; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845798734     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.2131     Document Type: Article

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