Pulmonary malignant focal ground-glass opacity nodules and solid nodules of 3 cm or less: Comparison of multi-detector CT features

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-285

  Fan, Li ^a   Liu, Shi Yuan ^a   Li, Qing Chu ^a   Yu, Hong ^a   Xiao, Xiang Sheng ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

computed tomography; ground glass opacity; malignant; pulmonary; solid nodule

Indexed keywords

IOVERSOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL GROUND GLASS OPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959771574     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2011.02265.x     Document Type: Article

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