Multidetector CT of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-23

  Truong, Mylene T ^a   Sabloff, Bradley S ^a   Ko, Jane P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest imaging; CT; Lung; PET CT; Pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADON; URANIUM;

ABSCESS; AGING; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ATRESIA; CANCER RISK; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRANULOMA; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CYST; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SEQUESTRATION; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOMA; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID NODULE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 76849115057     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2009.12.002     Document Type: Review

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