Accuracy of helical CT for acute pulmonary embolism: ROC analysis of observer performance related to clinical experience

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1160-1164

  Van Rossum, A B ^a,b   Van Erkel, A R ^b   Van Persijn Van Meerten, E L ^b   Tjin A Ton, E R ^b   Rebergen, S A ^b   Pattynama, P M T ^b  

^a LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Helical CT; Pulmonary embolism; ROC analysis observer variation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031616247     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050526     Document Type: Article

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