Features of resolving and nonresolving indeterminate pulmonary nodules at follow-up CT: The NELSON study

Radiology

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 872-879

  Zhao, Ying Ru ^a   Heuvelmans, Marjolein A ^a   Dorrius, Monique D ^a   Van Ooijen, Peter M A ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   De Bock, Geertruida H ^a   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a   Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84895474256     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13130332     Document Type: Article

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