European Journal of Radiology
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 206-211 , November 2004

Oblique approach of computed tomography guided needle biopsy using multiplanar reconstruction image by multidetector-row CT in lung cancer

  • Tatsuo Kimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Kinki Central Hospital for Chest Diseases, 1180 Nagasone-cho, Sakai-City, Osaka 591-8555, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan. Tel.: +81-6-6645-3801; fax: +81-6-6645-3802.
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  • Nobuyuki Naka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Kinki Central Hospital for Chest Diseases, 1180 Nagasone-cho, Sakai-City, Osaka 591-8555, Japan
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  • Yoshiaki Minato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Kinki Central Hospital for Chest Diseases, 1180 Nagasone-cho, Sakai-City, Osaka 591-8555, Japan
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  • Yasushi Inoue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Kinki Central Hospital for Chest Diseases, 1180 Nagasone-cho, Sakai-City, Osaka 591-8555, Japan
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  • Takeshi Kimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Kinki Central Hospital for Chest Diseases, 1180 Nagasone-cho, Sakai-City, Osaka 591-8555, Japan
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  • Hidenori Mawatari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Kinki Central Hospital for Chest Diseases, 1180 Nagasone-cho, Sakai-City, Osaka 591-8555, Japan
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  • Setsuko Yamauchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Kinki Central Hospital for Chest Diseases, 1180 Nagasone-cho, Sakai-City, Osaka 591-8555, Japan
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  • Masanori Akira

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Kinki Central Hospital for Chest Diseases, 1180 Nagasone-cho, Sakai-City, Osaka 591-8555, Japan
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  • Masaaki Kawahara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Kinki Central Hospital for Chest Diseases, 1180 Nagasone-cho, Sakai-City, Osaka 591-8555, Japan

Received 12 December 2003 ,Revised 13 January 2004 ,Accepted 15 January 2004.

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PII: S0720-048X(04)00031-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.01.007

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 206-211 , November 2004

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