Automated mass detection in contrast-enhanced CT colonography: An approach based on contrast and volume

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-253

  Luboldt, W ^a,b   Tryon, C ^c   Kroll, M ^d   Toussaint, T L ^b   Holzer, K ^d   Hoepffner, N ^d   Vogl, T J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Multiorgan Screening Foundation   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorectal masses; Computer aided detection (CAD); CT colonography

Indexed keywords

IODINE; IOMEPROL; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 12544257031     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2497-8     Document Type: Article

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