Multiprojection correlation imaging for improved detection of pulmonary nodules

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1239-1245

  Samei, Ehsan ^a   Stebbins, Stanton A ^a   Dobbins III, James T ^a   Lo, Joseph Y ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chest; Computer aided detection; Lung disease; Physics; Radiologic physics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION IMAGING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34247617653     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0843     Document Type: Article

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