Follow-up of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules and the Radiology Report

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages R18-R24

  Blagev, Denitza P ^a,b   Lloyd, James F ^c   Conner, Karen ^a   Dickerson, Justin ^a   Adams, Daniel ^a   Stevens, Scott M ^a,b   Woller, Scott C ^a,b   Evans, R Scott ^c   Elliott, C Gregory ^a,b  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT chest; CT pulmonary angiography; Fleischner society guidelines; follow up; incidental pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INCIDENTAL PULMONARY NODULE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGY REPORT;

EID: 84977578754     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2015.12.008     Document Type: Article

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