Missed Lung Cancer on Chest Radiography and Computed Tomography

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 280-287

  Fardanesh, Mahmoudreza ^a   White, Charles ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEGLIGENCE; PERIPHERAL LUNG LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864090950     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: 15585034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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