Computerized Detection of Lung Nodules in Thin-Section CT Images by Use of Selective Enhancement Filters and an Automated Rule-Based Classifier

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-175

  Li, Qiang ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Doi, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD; computer aided diagnosis; CT scan; Nodule detection; rule based classifier

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLASSIFIER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA BASE; FILTER; LUNG NODULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38149093135     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.09.018     Document Type: Article

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