Accuracy of low-dose computed tomography (CT) for detecting and characterizing the most common CT-patterns of pulmonary disease

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Christe, Andreas ^a,b   Charimo Torrente, Jaled ^b   Roychoudhury, Kingshuk ^c   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

Chest CT; Common CT patterns; Low dose CT; Lung nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHUS SECRETION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG CYST; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA PLAQUE; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

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

EID: 84873989593     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.09.025     Document Type: Article

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