Performance evaluation of a computer-aided detection algorithm for solid pulmonary nodules in low-dose and standard-dose MDCT chest examinations and its influence on radiologists

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 971, 2008, Pages 841-847

  Das, Marco ^a   Muhlenbruch G ^a   Heinen, S ^a   Mahnken, A H ^a   Salganicoff, M ^b   Stanzel, S ^c   Gunther R W ^a   Wildberger, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55249098864     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/50635688     Document Type: Article

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