The use of computer-aided detection for the assessment of pulmonary arterial filling defects at computed tomographic angiography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 913-918

  Walsham, Anna C ^a   Roberts, Heidi C ^a,b   Kashani, Hany Mehdizadeh ^a   Mongiardi, Christopher N ^a   Ng, Yuen Li ^a   Patsios, Demetris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography; Computer aided detection; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFECTS; DISEASES;

CASE BASE; CLASSIFIEDS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHIES; COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION; DETECTION SOFTWARE; FILLING DEFECTS; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REFERENCE STANDARD; TRUE POSITIVE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SKILL; TRAINING; ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62149135900     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31815b3ed0     Document Type: Article

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