Helical Computed Tomography Inaccuracy in the Detection of Pulmonary Metastases: Can It Be Improved?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1830-1836

  Parsons, Alden M ^a   Ennis, Erin K ^b   Yankaskas, Bonnie C ^b   Parker Jr , Leonard A ^b   Hyslop, W Brian ^b   Detterbeck, Frank C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PALPATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 36248975641     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.06.069     Document Type: Article

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