Pulmonary nodule detection on MDCT images: Evaluation of diagnostic performance using thin axial images, maximum intensity projections, and computer-assisted detection

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3148-3156

  Jankowski, A ^a   Martinelli, T ^a   Timsit, J F ^a,b   Brambilla, C ^a,b   Thony, F ^a   Coulomb, M ^a   Ferretti, G ^a,b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Maximum intensity projection (MIP); Multislice computed tomography; Pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36348997570     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0727-6     Document Type: Article

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