Interobserver-variability of lung nodule volumetry considering different segmentation algorithms and observer training levels

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 285-295

  Bolte, H ^a   Jahnke, T ^a   Schafer F K W ^a   Wenke, R ^a   Hoffmann, B ^a   Freitag Wolf, S ^a   Dicken, V ^b   Kuhnigk, J M ^b   Lohmann, J ^a   Voss S ^a   Knoss N ^a   Heller, M ^a   Biederer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lung nodule; Phantom; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PULMONARY DISEASES; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL CALLIPERS; LUNG NODULE; PHANTOM; VOLUMETRY;

RADIOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG NODULE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SWINE; TRAINING; VARIATION COEFFICIENT; VOLUMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG DISEASES; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 35348912435     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.02.031     Document Type: Article

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