The pros and cons of searching for extracardiac findings at cardiac CT: Studies should be reconstructed in the maximum field of view and adequately reviewed to detect pathologic findings

Radiology

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 342-346

  Earls, James P ^a  

^a Fairfax Radiological Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80054777940     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11111099     Document Type: Review

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