Usefulness of concurrent reading using thin-section and thick-section CT images in subcentimetre solitary pulmonary nodules

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-132

  Lee, H Y ^a   Goo, J M ^a   Lee, H J ^a   Lee, C H ^a   Park, C M ^a   Park, E A ^a   Im, J G ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57649195420     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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