Pulmonary nodules: Detection, assessment, and CAD

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1057-1069

  Girvin, Francis ^a   Ko, Jane P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest imaging; Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); CT; Lung; MRI; PET CT; Pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

BIOPSY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG NODULE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53249136328     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3472     Document Type: Review

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