Three-dimensional analysis of pulmonary nodules by MSCT with Advanced Lung Analysis (ALA1) software;Analisi volumetrica tridimensionale mediante TCMS con software Advanced Lung Analysis (ALA1) del nodulo polmonare

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-354

  Volterrani, L ^a   Mazzei, M A ^b   Scialpi, M ^c   Carcano, M ^d   Carbone, S F ^b   Ricci, V ^b   Guazzi, G ^b   Lupattelli, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d GE HEALTHCARE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multislice computed tomography; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLEURA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646256162     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-006-0033-4     Document Type: Review

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