Volumetric measurement of synthetic lung nodules with multi-detector row CT: Effect of various image reconstruction parameters and segmentation thresholds on measurement accuracy

Radiology

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 850-856

  Goo, Jin Mo ^a,b   Tongdee, Trongtum ^a   Tongdee, Ranista ^a   Yeo, Kwangjae ^a   Hildebolt, Charles F ^a   Bae, Kyongtae T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG NODULE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18844382442     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2353040737     Document Type: Article

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