Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 5 , Pages 518-528 , May 2008

Features of non-small cell lung carcinomas overlooked at digital chest radiography

  • M.-H. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • M.B. Gotway

      Affiliations

    • Scottsdale Medical Imaging, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: M.B. Gotway, Scottsdale Medical Imaging, an Affiliate of Southwest Diagnostic Imaging, 3501 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 130, Box 1573, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251, USA. Tel.: +1 480 425 5000; fax: +1 480 425 5010.
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  • T.J. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    • ,
  • M.-S. Chern

      Affiliations

    • National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • West Garden Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • H.-C. Cheng

      Affiliations

    • National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • VGH-HT Medical Imaging Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • J.S.-C. Ko

      Affiliations

    • National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • VGH-HT Medical Imaging Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • M.-H. Sheu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • C.-Y. Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Received 27 January 2007 ,Revised 22 September 2007 ,Accepted 24 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.09.011

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 5 , Pages 518-528 , May 2008

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