Small pulmonary nodule management: A survey of the members of the society of thoracic radiology with comparison to the fleischner society guidelines

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-31

  Esmaili, Ali ^a   Munden, Reginald F ^b   Mohammed, Tan Lucien H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fleischner Society; pulmonary nodule management; solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551523668     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181d73a78     Document Type: Review

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