Improvement in detection of pulmonary nodules: Digital image processing and computeraided diagnosis

Radiographics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1169-1177

  MacMahon, Heber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers, diagnostic aid; Lung neoplasms, diagnosis, 60.30; Lung, nodule, 60.281; Radiography, digital, 60.1215; Subtraction, digital, 60.1215; Subtraction, dual energy, 60.1299

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034222271     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.20.4.g00jl211169     Document Type: Article

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