Lung cancer: Interobserver agreement on interpretation of pulmonary findings at low-dose CT screening

Radiology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 265-272

  Gierada, David S ^a   Pilgram, Thomas K ^a   Ford, Melissa ^b   Fagerstrom, Richard M ^c   Church, Timothy R ^d   Nath, Hrudaya ^e   Garg, Kavita ^f   Strollo, Diane C ^g  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37349024293     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2461062097     Document Type: Article

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