The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC). A Comparison of Different Size Metrics for Pulmonary Nodule Measurements

Academic Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1475-1485

  Reeves, Anthony P ^a   Biancardi, Alberto M ^a   Apanasovich, Tatiyana V ^b   Meyer, Charles R ^c   MacMahon, Heber ^d   van Beek, Edwin J R ^e   Kazerooni, Ella A ^c   Yankelevitz, David ^f   McNitt Gray, Michael F ^g   McLennan, Geoffrey ^h   Armato III, Samuel G ^d   Henschke, Claudia I ^f   Aberle, Denise R ^g   Croft, Barbara Y ⁱ   Clarke, Laurence P ⁱ  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

detection; lung nodule annotation; Quantitative image analysis; size metrics; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METRIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

CALIBRATION; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNOWLEDGE BASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36148953914     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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