Multi-slice computed tomography characteristics of solitary pulmonary ground-glass nodules: Differences between malignant and benign

Thoracic Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 80-87

  Hu, Haiyang ^a   Wang, Qingguo ^a   Tang, Huamei ^a   Xiong, Liwen ^b   Lin, Qiang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI FIRST PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANGHAI CHEST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Multi slice CT; Pathology; Persistent ground glass nodule; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GROUND GLASS NODULE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84956692673     PISSN: 17597706     EISSN: 17597714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.12280     Document Type: Article

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