Thorax perfusion CT in non-small cell lung cancer

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 686-691

  Ovali, Gulgun Yilmaz ^a   Sakar, Aysin ^a   Göktan, Cihan ^a   Çelik, Pinar ^a   Yorgancioǧlu, Arzu ^a   Nese, Nalân ^a   Pabuscu, Yüksel ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Non small cell lung tumor; Perfusion; Thorax

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PULMONARY DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON SMALL CELL LUNG TUMOR; PERFUSION; THORAX;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; ORGAN PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35349004858     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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