Fast scanning tomosynthesis for the detection of pulmonary nodules: Diagnostic performance compared with chest radiography, using multidetector-row computed tomography as the reference

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 471-477

  Yamada, Yoshitake ^a,b   Jinzaki, Masahiro ^b   Hasegawa, Ichiro ^c   Shiomi, Eisuke ^d   Sugiura, Hiroaki ^b   Abe, Takayuki ^b   Sato, Yuji ^b   Kuribayashi, Sachio ^b   Ogawa, Kenji ^a  

^a NIPPON KOKAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

chest; computed tomography; pulmonary nodule; radiography; tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAST SCANNING TOMOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959807399     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e318217b838     Document Type: Article

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