Management of small (3-5-mm) pulmonary nodules at chest CT: Global survey of thoracic radiologists

Radiology

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 847-853

  Jeudy, Jean ^a   White, Charles S ^a   Munden, Reginald F ^b   Boiselle, Phillip M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45149091558     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2473061514     Document Type: Article

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