Lung nodule detection in low-dose and thin-slice computed tomography

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 525-534

  Retico, A ^a   Delogu, P ^a,b   Fantacci, M E ^a,b   Gori, I ^a,c   Preite Martinez, A ^d  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Bracco Imaging SpA   (Italy)

^d MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection (CAD); Image processing; Low dose computed tomography (LDCT); Thin slice CT

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA ACQUISITION; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION (CAD); PULMONARY NODULES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ITALY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIATION DOSAGE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 40949105934     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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