One-dimensional mean computed tomography value evaluation of ground-glass opacity on high-resolution images

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 425-430

  Kitami, Akihiko ^a,b   Kamio, Yoshito ^a,b   Hayashi, Shoko ^a,b   Suzuki, Kosuke ^a,b   Uematsu, Shugo ^a,b   Gen, Ryozo ^a,b   Suzuki, Takashi ^a,b   Kadokura, Mitsutaka ^a,b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY NORTHERN YOKOHAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma; Follow up; Ground glass opacity; Lung cancer; Mean computed tomography value

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUND GLASS OPACITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ONE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863782605     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: 18636713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-012-0066-7     Document Type: Article

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