Polypoid lesions of airways: Early experience with computer-assisted detection by using virtual bronchoscopy and surface curvature

Radiology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 331-337

  Summers, Ronald M ^a   Selbie, W Scott ^b   Malley, James D ^a   Pusanik, Lynne M ^a   Dwyer, Andrew J ^a   Courcoutsakis, Nikos A ^a   Shaw, David J ^a   Kleiner, David E ^a   Sneller, Michael C ^c   Langford, Carol A ^c   Holland, Steven M ^c   Shelhamer, James H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchi, CT; Bronchi, neoplasms; Computers, diagnostic aid

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031830190     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.208.2.9680555     Document Type: Article

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