The use of MDCT-based computer-aided pathway finding for mediastinal and perihilar lymph node biopsy: A randomized controlled prospective trial

Respiration

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 423-431

  McLennan, Geoffrey ^a   Ferguson, J Scott ^a   Thomas, Karl ^a   Delsing, Angela S ^a   Cook Granroth, Janice ^a   Hoffman, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy, virtual; Computerized tomography, multidetector row; Computerized tomography, quantitative; Lung cancer; Mediastinal biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34447619158     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103207     Document Type: Article

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