CAD techniques, challenges, and controversies in computed tomographic colonography

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-41

  Yoshida, H ^a   Dachman, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD; Colon cancer; Computed tomographic colonography; Computer aided diagnosis; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BODY POSITION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION; TIME;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 12844281041     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-004-0244-x     Document Type: Review

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