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Pulmonary nodule detection: low-dose versus conventional CT.

DOI

177

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0

References

1998

Year

Henry Rusinek, David P. Naidich, Georgeann McGuinness, Barry S. Leitman, Dorothy I. McCauley, Glenn A. Krinsky, Karen Clayton, Henry Cohen
Radiology

Abstract

Low-dose CT is acceptable for pulmonary nodule identification, making it suitable for primary screening. These results confirm the strong effect of size, location, and angiocentricity on the sensitivity of nodule detection with conventional CT.