Incidental pulmonary nodules detected on abdominal computed tomography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 641-645

  Wu, Carol C ^a   Cronin, Carmel G ^b   Chu, Julia T ^c   Halpern, Elkan F ^a   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a   Shepard, Jo Anne O ^a   Gilman, Matthew D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pulmonary nodules; Thoracic imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATABASE SEARCHES; DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; PATIENT HISTORY; PULMONARY NODULES; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; THORACIC IMAGING;

SEARCH ENGINES;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84870862899     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31826a0de2     Document Type: Article

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