Accuracy of high-resolution CT in the diagnosis of diffuse lung disease: Effect of predominance and distribution of findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1032-1039

  Sundaram, Baskaran ^a   Gross, Barry H ^a   Martinez, Fernando J ^b   Oh, Eugene ^a,c   Müller, Nestor L ^d   Schipper, Matt ^a,e   Kazerooni, Ella A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Valley Radiologists Ltd   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Innovative Analytics   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Diffuse lung disease; High resolution CT; Predominant findings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BRONCHOVASCULAR THICKENING; CARCINOMATOUS LYMPHANGITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CYST; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHANGIOMYOMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SILICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53249156308     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3177     Document Type: Article

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