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Recommendations for Measuring Pulmonary Nodules at CT: A Statement from the Fleischner Society.

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Bankier, AA; MacMahon, H; Goo, JM; Rubin, GD; Schaefer-Prokop, CM; Naidich, DP
Published in: Radiology
November 2017

These recommendations for measuring pulmonary nodules at computed tomography (CT) are a statement from the Fleischner Society and, as such, incorporate the opinions of a multidisciplinary international group of thoracic radiologists, pulmonologists, surgeons, pathologists, and other specialists. The recommendations address nodule size measurements at CT, which is a topic of importance, given that all available guidelines for nodule management are essentially based on nodule size or changes thereof. The recommendations are organized according to practical questions that commonly arise when nodules are measured in routine clinical practice and are, together with their answers, summarized in a table. The recommendations include technical requirements for accurate nodule measurement, directions on how to accurately measure the size of nodules at the workstation, and directions on how to report nodule size and changes in size. The recommendations are designed to provide practical advice based on the available evidence from the literature; however, areas of uncertainty are also discussed, and topics needing future research are highlighted. © RSNA, 2017 Online supplemental material is available for this article.

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Radiology

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EISSN

1527-1315

Publication Date

November 2017

Volume

285

Issue

2

Start / End Page

584 / 600

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Multiple Pulmonary Nodules
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Bankier, A. A., MacMahon, H., Goo, J. M., Rubin, G. D., Schaefer-Prokop, C. M., & Naidich, D. P. (2017). Recommendations for Measuring Pulmonary Nodules at CT: A Statement from the Fleischner Society. Radiology, 285(2), 584–600. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2017162894
Bankier, Alexander A., Heber MacMahon, Jin Mo Goo, Geoffrey D. Rubin, Cornelia M. Schaefer-Prokop, and David P. Naidich. “Recommendations for Measuring Pulmonary Nodules at CT: A Statement from the Fleischner Society.Radiology 285, no. 2 (November 2017): 584–600. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2017162894.
Bankier AA, MacMahon H, Goo JM, Rubin GD, Schaefer-Prokop CM, Naidich DP. Recommendations for Measuring Pulmonary Nodules at CT: A Statement from the Fleischner Society. Radiology. 2017 Nov;285(2):584–600.
Bankier, Alexander A., et al. “Recommendations for Measuring Pulmonary Nodules at CT: A Statement from the Fleischner Society.Radiology, vol. 285, no. 2, Nov. 2017, pp. 584–600. Pubmed, doi:10.1148/radiol.2017162894.
Bankier AA, MacMahon H, Goo JM, Rubin GD, Schaefer-Prokop CM, Naidich DP. Recommendations for Measuring Pulmonary Nodules at CT: A Statement from the Fleischner Society. Radiology. 2017 Nov;285(2):584–600.

Published In

Radiology

DOI

EISSN

1527-1315

Publication Date

November 2017

Volume

285

Issue

2

Start / End Page

584 / 600

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Multiple Pulmonary Nodules
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences