Efficient whole-body MRI interpretation: Evaluation of a dedicated software prototype

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Asbach, Patrick ^a   Canda, Valer ^b   Hermann, Kay Geert A ^a   Krug, Lasse ^a   Hahn, Horst K ^c   Hamm, Bernd ^a   Klessen, Christian ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic efficiency; Graphical user interface; Image interpretation software; Whole body imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; DATASETS; DIAGNOSTIC EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION SOFTWARE; INTERPRETATION SOFTWARES; MRI IMAGES; ORGAN SYSTEMS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSES; QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES; REFERENCE METHODS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPES; STANDARD INTERPRETATIONS; SYSTEM USABILITIES; TIME EFFICIENCIES; USER FRIENDLINESSES; WHOLE-BODY IMAGING;

ATOMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESONANCE; STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY;

SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE BODY MRI; WHOLE BODY TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 54949158919     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-008-9107-2     Document Type: Article

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