Evaluation and Management of Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 895-914

  Hodnett, Philip A ^a,b   Ko, Jane P ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Guidelines; Indeterminate; Lung cancer; Management; Nodule characterization; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOGRAPHY; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDETERMINATE SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG NODULE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866179421     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2012.06.005     Document Type: Review

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