Features of non-small cell lung carcinomas overlooked at digital chest radiography

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 518-528

  Wu, M H ^a,b   Gotway, M B ^c,d   Lee, T J ^d   Chern, M S ^b,e   Cheng, H C ^b,f   Ko, J S C ^b,f   Sheu, M H ^a,b   Chang, C Y ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Scottsdale Medical Imaging   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e West Garden Hospital   (Taiwan)

^f GH HT Imaging Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG LOBE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40949107292     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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