The utility of automated volumetric growth analysis in a dedicated pulmonary nodule clinic

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 372-377

  Korst, Robert J ^a,b   Lee, Benjamin E ^a,b   Krinsky, Glenn A ^b   Rutledge, John R ^a  

^a The Valley Health System   (United States)

^b VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; BIOPSY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960424245     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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