Incomplete fissures in severe emphysematous patients evaluated with MDCT: Incidence and interobserver agreement among radiologists and pneumologists

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4161-4166

  Koenigkam Santos, Marcel ^a,b   Puderbach, Michael ^a   Gompelmann, Daniela ^a   Eberhardt, Ralf ^a   Herth, Felix ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a   Heussel, Claus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Collapse therapy; Pulmonary emphysema; Volumetric computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCOMPLETE LUNG FISSURE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84869861335     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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