Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 127-132 , February 2009

Usefulness of concurrent reading using thin-section and thick-section CT images in subcentimetre solitary pulmonary nodules

Received 4 April 2008 ,Revised 11 September 2008 ,Accepted 16 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.09.003

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 127-132 , February 2009

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