[Three-dimensional computed tomography for the evaluation of peripheral small lung cancers].

To facilitate the accurate diagnosis of small peripheral lung cancers (less than 30 mm in diameter), we evaluated the use of three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT). Conventional CT images (10 mm thick), thin-slice CT images (2 mm thick) and 3-D-CT images were prospectively studied in 29 patients with peripheral lung cancer (23 adenocarcinoma, 3 squamous cell carcinoma, 1 large cell carcinoma, 1 adeno-squamous cell carcinoma, 1 small cell...