Comparative performance of two polyp detection systems on CT colonography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-282

  Fletcher, J G ^a   Booya, Fargol ^a   Summers, Ronald M ^b   Roy, David ^b   Guendel, Lutz ^c   Schmidt, Bernhard ^c   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a   Fidler, Jeff L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection; CT colonography; Polyp detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547580099     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2289     Document Type: Article

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