Automated detection of lung nodules in CT scans: False-positive reduction with the radial-gradient index

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1133-1140

  Roy, Arunabha S ^a   Armato III, Samuel G ^a   Wilson, Andrew ^a   Drukker, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; CT; Lung nodule; Radial gradient

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

AUTOMATED DETECTION; AUTOMATED LUNG NODULE DETECTION; FALSE POSITIVE RATES; FALSE-POSITIVE REDUCTION; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT CLASSIFIER; LUNG NODULE; RADIAL GRADIENT; RADIAL GRADIENT INDICES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FILTER; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33645519992     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2178450     Document Type: Article

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