Detection of small peripheral lung cancer by digital chest radiography: Performance of unprocessed versus unsharp mask-processed images

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 505-509

  Yang, Z G ^a   Sone, Shusuke ^a,b   Li, F ^a   Takashima, S ^a,b   Maruyama, Y ^a   Hasegawa, M ^a   Hanamura, K ^b   Asakura, K ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Image processing; Lung neoplasms; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033194716     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841859909175575     Document Type: Article

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