Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 174-179 , May 2011

Computed tomographic criteria for the discrimination of subcentimeter lung nodules in patients with soft-tissue sarcomas

  • Oliver Dudeck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Leipziger Strasse 44, 31920 Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany
    • Department of Radiology, Charité, Campus Buch, Lindenberger Weg 80, 13125 Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Leipziger Strasse 44, 31920 Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 391 67 13030; fax: +49 391 67 13029.
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  • M. Zeile

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Leipziger Strasse 44, 31920 Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany
    • Department of Radiology, HELIOS Clinic Buch, Schwanebecker Chaussee 50, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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  • D. Andreou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, HELIOS Clinic Buch, Lindenberger Weg 80, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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  • D. Schnapauff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charité, Campus Buch, Lindenberger Weg 80, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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  • M. Pech

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Leipziger Strasse 44, 31920 Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany
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  • G. Wieners

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Leipziger Strasse 44, 31920 Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany
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  • J. Ricke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Leipziger Strasse 44, 31920 Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany
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  • P. Reichardt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, HELIOS Clinic Buch, Lindenberger Weg 80, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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  • P.-U. Tunn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, HELIOS Clinic Buch, Lindenberger Weg 80, 13125 Berlin, Germany

Received 17 April 2010 ,Accepted 21 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.06.005

Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 174-179 , May 2011

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