Solid or partly solid solitary pulmonary nodules: Their characterization using contrast wash-in and morphologic features at helical CT

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1516-1525

  Lee, Kyung Soo ^a,c   Yi, Chin A ^a   Jeong, Sun Young ^a   Jeong, Yeon Joo ^b   Kim, Seonwoo ^a   Chung, Myung Jin ^a   Kim, Ha Young ^a   Kim, Yoon Kyung ^a   Lee, Kwang Hwi ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT scan; Diagnosis; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 34248545082     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2526     Document Type: Article

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