Abstract:We did this study to investigate the effect of thick (5mm) and thin (1 or 0.625 mm) slice thickness of CT images on evaluating pulmonary nodules' growth to improve their diagnostic accuracy. The clinical and CT data of 251 patients with lung nodules and two follow-up CTs from October 2016 to October 2019 were analyzed retrospectively. Malignant nodules were confirmed by pathology, and benign nodules were confirmed by pathology or follow-up. Two radiologists double-blindly assessed the CT features (density, sha… Show more
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