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MDCT Strategies for the Non-Invasive Work-Up of the Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodule

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Multidetector-Row CT of the Thorax

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  1. Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich, Klinikum Grosshadern, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    P. Herzog MD & M. E. Reiser MD

  2. Department of Radiology, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    M. Das MD

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  1. Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    U. Joseph Schoepf MD

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Herzog, P., Das, M., Reiser, M.E. (2006). MDCT Strategies for the Non-Invasive Work-Up of the Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodule. In: Joseph Schoepf, U. (eds) Multidetector-Row CT of the Thorax. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30006-6_12

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