Computer-Aided Detection of Colonic Polyps Using Low-Dose CT Acquisitions

Academic Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1062-1071

  Kiss, Gabriel ^a   Drisis, Stylianos ^a   Bielen, Didier ^a   Maes, Frederik ^a   Van Cleynenbreugel, Johan ^a   Marchal, Guy ^a   Suetens, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

colonic polyps; computer aided detection (CAD); low dose acquisitions; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COLONIC POLYPS; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747774174     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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