Detection of nodules showing ground-glass opacity in the lungs at low-dose multidetector computed tomography: Phantom and clinical study

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-53

  Funama, Yoshinori ^a   Awai, Kazuo ^b   Liu, Duo ^b   Oda, Seitaro ^b   Yanaga, Yumi ^b   Nakaura, Takeshi ^b   Kawanaka, Koichi ^b   Shimamura, Masamichi ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT number; Detectability; Ground glass opacity; Lung cancer screening; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETRY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPACITY; PHANTOMS;

CHEST CT; CLINICAL STUDY; CT NUMBER; DETECTABILITY; GROUND-GLASS OPACITY; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; LOW DOSE; LUNG CANCER SCREENING; PHANTOM STUDIES; TUBE CURRENTS;

GLASS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; DISEASE SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62149086691     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31815e6291     Document Type: Article

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