Diagnosis of pulmonary metastases with helical CT: The effect of imaging techniques

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 471-475

  Pfannschmidt, Joachim ^a   Bischoff, M ^a   Muley, T ^a   Kunz, J ^a   Zamecnik, P ^b   Schnabel, P A ^c   Hoffmann, H ^a   Dienemann, H ^a   Heussel, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Helical CT; Pulmonary metastases; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALPATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SARCOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 57749109925     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038887     Document Type: Article

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