Imaging of non-small cell lung cancer of the superior sulcus: Part 1: Anatomy, Clinical Manifestations, and Management

Radiographics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 551-560

  Bruzzi, John F ^a,b   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   Walsh, Garrett L ^a   Truong, Mylene T ^a   Gladish, Gregory W ^a   Munden, Reginald F ^a   Erasmus, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42949108247     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.282075709     Document Type: Article

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