Quantitative Measurement of Lung Reexpansion in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Patients Undergoing Pleurectomy/Decortication

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 294-298

  Sensakovic, William F ^a   Armato, Samuel G ^a   Starkey, Adam ^a   Kindler, Hedy L ^a   Vigneswaran, Wickii T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lung; Mesothelioma; Pleural disease; Pleurectomy decortication; Quantitative imaging; Trapped lung

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CEDIRANIB; CISPLATIN; PEMETREXED;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECORTICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551548957     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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