Polyp detection at CT colonography: Inadequate primary 3D endoluminal reference standard precludes meaningful comparison [1]

Radiology

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 316-317

  Pickhardt, Perry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250880870     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2441061192     Document Type: Letter

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