LungPoint - A new approach to peripheral lesions

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1559-1563

  Eberhardt, Ralf ^a   Kahn, Nicolas ^a   Gompelmann, Daniela ^a   Schumann, Maren ^a   Heussel, Claus Peter ^a   Herth, Felix J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Lung cancer; Navigation; Solitary pulmonary nodule; Staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PERIPHERAL LUNG LESION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 77958163071     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181e8b308     Document Type: Article

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