A new computer-based decision-support system for the interpretation of bone scans

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 417-423

  Sadik, May ^a   Jakobsson, David ^a   Olofsson, Fredrik ^a   Ohlsson, Mattias ^a   Suurkula, Madis ^b   Edenbrandt, Lars ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Computer assisted diagnosis; Image processing; Neural networks; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BONE TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BONE NEOPLASMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 33745940535     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200605000-00002     Document Type: Article

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