Ground-glass opacities on thin-section helical CT: Differentiation between bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and atypical adenomatous hyperplasia

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1363-1368

  Oda, Seitaro ^a   Awai, Kazuo ^a   Liu, Duo ^a   Nakaura, Takeshi ^a   Yanaga, Yumi ^a   Nomori, Hiroaki ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia; Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma; Ground glass opacity; Thin section helical CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ADENOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; AGED; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 43649092041     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3101     Document Type: Article

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