Glossary of terms for thoracic radiology: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee of the Fleischner Society

摘要: The Fleischner Society was founded in 1969 by a group of radiologists to honor the memory Felix and promote exchange information between basic scientists clinical investigators interested chest disease. Today this multidisciplinary is best known for Symposia on Chest Disease that it conducts annually, but has sought, words its motto, "to advance knowledge normal diseased chest" various other ways. Glos- sary presented here represents one such effort. Glossary originally proposed at first general meeting 1971 belief standardiza- tion terms with respect description radiographic findings would facilitate information. Various members have contributed development over intervening years, though an undertaking never truly completed, now judged be sufficiently inclusive interest. Society, therefore, authorized publication as report Nomen- clature Committee May 1983.