Postprocessing technique with MDCT data improves the accuracy of the detection of lung nodules

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 511-515

  Yoneda, Kazuhide ^a,b   Ueno, Junji ^a   Nishihara, Sadamitsu ^a   Tsujikawa, Tetsuya ^c   Morita, Naomi ^a   Otsuka, Hideki ^a   Furutani, Kaori ^a   Nishitani, Hiromu ^a   Kondo, Kazuya ^a   Nishioka, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung nodule; MDCT; MIP; Sliding slab; Thin section image; VR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; ROC CURVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; LUNG COIN LESION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

COIN LESION, PULMONARY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40349087195     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0176-9     Document Type: Article

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