Variability of perceived defect size in virtual lung scintigraphy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 361-365

  Magnussen, John S ^a   Chicco, Peter ^b   Palmer, Amanda W ^b   Mackey, Douglas W ^b   Magee, Michael ^b   Murray, I Provan C ^b   Bautovich, George ^b   Allman, Kevin ^b   Storey, Geoffrey ^b   Van Der Wall, Hans ^b  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Defect size; Lung scintigraphy; Monte Carlo simulation; Perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 0031918582     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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