Comparison of manual and automated size measurements of lung metastases on MDCT images: Potential influence on therapeutic decisions

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-26

  Pauls, Sandra ^a   Kürschner, Christian ^a   Dharaiya, Ekta ^b   Muche, Rainer ^a   Schmidt, Stefan A ^a   Krüger, Stefan ^a   Brambs, Hans Jürgen ^a   Aschoff, Andrik J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated lung nodule segmentation; Computed tomography; Follow up; Lung; Metastases

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PULMONARY DISEASES;

AUTOMATED LUNG NODULE SEGMENTATION; METASTASES; THERAPEUTIC DECISIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41149158204     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.05.022     Document Type: Article

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