Noncontrast chest CT with 1–3 mm collimations through the nodule is necessary in the evaluation of the majority of lung nodules. Three to five slices should be obtained through the nodule to ...

(B) Axial, noncontrast, low-dose chest CT scan shows a 9-mm solid nodule (arrow) in the left upper lobe. The nodule showed low metabolism at PET and decreased in size at follow-up CT. It was ...

0 = no or not specified); and upper is location of the nodule within the upper lobe of either lung (1 = yes, 0 = no). The Veterans Affairs model is defined by the equations: where e is the base of ...