Pulmonary nodule detection with digital projection radiography: An ex-vivo study on increased latitude post-processing

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1089-1100

  Biederer, Juergen ^a   Gottwald, Tobias ^a   Bolte, Hendrik ^a   Riedel, Christian ^a   Freitag, Sandra ^a   Van Metter, Richard ^b   Heller, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Image latitude; Phantom; Pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAPHRAGM; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LATITUDE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 34248635661     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0367-2     Document Type: Article

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