Detection of small pulmonary nodules on chest radiographs: Efficacy of dual-energy subtraction technique using flat-panel detector chest radiography

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 609-615

  Oda, S ^a   Awai, K ^a   Funama, Y ^b   Utsunomiya, D ^a   Yanaga, Y ^a   Kawanaka, K ^a   Nakaura, T ^a   Hirai, T ^a   Murakami, R ^a   Nomori, H ^c   Yamashita, Y ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Osaka City University   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAT PANEL DETECTOR CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONCOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 78149235844     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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