CT patterns of fungal pulmonary infections of the lung: Comparison of standard-dose and simulated low-dose CT

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2860-2866

  Christe, Andreas ^a,b   Lin, Margaret C ^a   Yen, Andrew C ^a   Hallett, Rich L ^a   Roychoudhury, Kingshuk ^c   Schmitzberger, Florian ^a   Fleischmann, Dominik ^a   Leung, Ann N ^a   Rubin, Geoffry D ^a   Vock, Peter ^b   Roos, Justus E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CT patterns; Fungal pulmonary infection; Low dose thoracic CT; Radiation dose reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR SPACE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAVITARY NODULE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUND GLASS NODULE; GROUND GLASS OPACITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865239107     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.06.059     Document Type: Article

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