Lung cancer detection with digital chest tomosynthesis: Baseline results from the observational study SOS

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 685-692

  Terzi, Alberto ^a   Bertolaccini, Luca ^a   Viti, Andrea ^a   Comello, Liliana ^a   Ghirardo, Donatella ^a   Priotto, Roberto ^a   Grosso, Maurizio ^a  

^a S Croce City Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital chest tomosynthesis; Lung cancer screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL CHEST TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; GOITER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLEURISY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84879507000     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e318292bdef     Document Type: Article

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