Effect of a computer-aided diagnosis scheme on radiologists' performance in detection of lung nodules on radiographs

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 843-848

  Kobayashi, Takeshi ^a,b   Xu, Xin Wei ^a   MacMahon, Heber ^a   Metz, Charles E ^a   Doi, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computers, diagnostic aid; Lung, nodule; Radiography, computer assisted; Radiology reporting system; Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIGITAL COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029992390     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.3.8638015     Document Type: Article

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