Evaluation of reader variability in the interpretation of follow-up CT scans at lung cancer screening.

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Published in Radiology on January 19, 2011

Authors

Satinder Singh1, Paul Pinsky, Naomi S Fineberg, David S Gierada, Kavita Garg, Yanhui Sun, P Hrudaya Nath

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, University of Alabama Hospitals, 619 19th St South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) Screening (NLST) | NCT00047385

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