Solitary pulmonary nodules: Comparison of multi-slice computed tomography perfusion study with vascular endothelial growth factor and microvessel density

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 541-547

  Bai, Rong Jie ^a   Cheng, Xiao Guang ^a   Qu, Hui ^a   Shen, Bao Zhong ^b   Han, Ming Jun ^c   Wu, Zhen Hua ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coin lesion, pulmonary; Endothelial growth factors; Noevascularization; Pathologic; Regional blood flow; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PERFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; AGED; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PERFUSION IMAGING; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 65649140824     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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