Comparison of three-view thoracic radiography and computed tomography for detection of pulmonary nodules in dogs with neoplasia

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 240, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1088-1094

  Armbrust, Laura J ^a   Biller, David S ^a   Bamford, Aubrey ^a   Chun, Ruthanne ^a,b   Garrett, Laura D ^a,c   Sanderson, Michael W ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860009436     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.240.9.1088     Document Type: Article

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