Linear and volume measurements of pulmonary nodules at different CT dose levels - Intrascan and interscan analysis

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-31

  Hein, Patrick Alexander ^a   Romano, V C ^a   Rogalla, P ^a   Klessen, C ^a   Lembcke, A ^a   Dicken, V ^b   Bornemann, L ^b   Bauknecht, H C ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Neoplasms; Segmentation; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRA LOW DOSE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SARCOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 58249084811     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: 14389010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027874     Document Type: Article

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