The pros and cons of searching for extracardiac findings at cardiac CT: Use of a restricted field of view is acceptable

Radiology

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 338-341

  White, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80054789468     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11111131     Document Type: Review

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