State of the art: Imaging of occupational lung disease

Radiology

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 681-696

  Cox, Christian W ^a   Rose, Cecile S ^a   Lynch, David A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COAL WORKER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMPHYSEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG NODULE; LUNG VOLUME; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SILICOSIS; WHEEZING; WORKPLACE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 84895423082     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13121415     Document Type: Review

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