Lung micronodules: Automated method for detection at thin-section CT - Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 256-262

  Brown, Matthew S ^a   Goldin, Jonathan G ^a   Suh, Robert D ^a   McNitt Gray, Michael F ^a   Sayre, James W ^a   Aberle, Denise R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), computer programs; Computed tomography (CT), image processing; Computers, diagnostic aid; Lung, nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037260266     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2261011708     Document Type: Article

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