Insertion of virtual pulmonary nodules in CT data of the chest: Development of a software tool

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2567-2574

  Shin, Hoen Oh ^a   Blietz, Matthias ^a   Frericks, Bernd ^a   Baus, Stefan ^a   Savellano, Dagmar ^a   Galanski, Michael ^a  

^a Diagnostic Radiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Computer programs Computed tomography (CT); Image processing Lung; Nodule

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; METASTASIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33750443951     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0254-x     Document Type: Article

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