Computer-aided detection in screening CT for pulmonary nodules

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1280-1287

  Yuan, Ren ^a   Vos, Patrick M ^b   Cooperberg, Peter L ^b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection; CT; Low dose CT; Lung cancer; Pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745558637     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1969     Document Type: Article

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