Automated detection of lung nodules in CT scans: Preliminary results

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1552-1561

  Armato III, S G ^a   Giger, M L ^a   MacMahon, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); Image processing; Lung cancer; Lung nodules

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS(CAD); HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034845242     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1387272     Document Type: Article

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