Computer-aided detection in CT colonography: Initial clinical experience using a prototype system

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2608-2615

  Graser, A ^a   Kolligs, F T ^b   Mang, T ^c   Schaefer, C ^b   Geisbusch S ^a   Reiser, M F ^a   Becker, C R ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computer aided detection; CT colonography

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; MACROGOL; PREPACOL; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 40149092494     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0579-0     Document Type: Article

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