Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 1 , Pages 41-48 , January 2008

Lung lesion doubling times: values and variability based on method of volume determination

  • Leslie Eisenbud Quint

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0030, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: Leslie Eisenbud Quint, MD, Professor of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, Department of Radiology, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0030, USA. Tel.: +1 734 936 8871; fax: +1 734 615 1276.
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  • Joan Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0030, USA
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  • Matthew Schipper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0030, USA
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  • Andrew C. Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0030, USA
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  • Gregory Kalemkerian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0030, USA

Received 6 December 2006 ,Revised 10 July 2007 ,Accepted 21 July 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00314-5

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.07.011

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 1 , Pages 41-48 , January 2008

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