Computer-assisted reader software versus expert reviewers for polyp detection on CT colonography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 696-702

  Taylor, Stuart A ^a,b   Halligan, Steve ^a,b   Burling, David ^a   Roddie, Mary E ^c   Honeyfield, Lesley ^d   McQuillan, Justine ^d   Amin, Hamdam ^d   Dehmeshki, Jamshid ^d  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Medicsight PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon; Colonography; Computer assisted imaging; CT colonography; Polyps; Software

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAINING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33645801207     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1990     Document Type: Article

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