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Inter-reader variability in chest radiography and HRCT for the early detection of asbestos-related lung and pleural abnormalities in a cohort of 636 asbestos-exposed subjects
International Archives of Occupational & Environmental Health, 07/22/09

Ochsmann E et al. – High resolution computed tomography scans are superior to X–rays in detecting lung alterations after asbestos exposure and are supposedly easier to interpret. Nevertheless, inter–observer variability did not differ between the two methods in this study. This was probably due to the only discrete asbestos–related lung or pleura alterations of this cohort and to the unfamiliar CT classification sheet, which was revised on the basis of the presented results.

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