Measurement variability of persistent pulmonary subsolid nodules on same-day repeat CT: What is the threshold to determine true nodule growth during follow-up?

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Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Kim, Hyungjin ^a,b   Park, Chang Min ^a,c   Song, Yong Sub ^a   Sunwoo, Leonard ^d   Choi, Ye Ra ^a,d   Kim, Jung Im ^e   Kim, Jae Hyun ^a   Bae, Jae Seok ^a   Lee, Jong Hyuk ^a   Goo, Jin Mo ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Aerospace Medical Group   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SIZE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; OBSERVER VARIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84959216760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148853     Document Type: Article

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