Comparison of axial, coronal, and primary 3D review in MDCT colonography for the detection of small polyps: A phantom study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-93

  Mang, Thomas ^a   Schaefer Prokop, Cornelia ^b   Schima, Wolfgang ^a   Maier, Andrea ^a   Schober, Ewald ^c   Mueller Mang, Christina ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colonic polyps; CT colonography; Radiologic phantom; Virtual colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVES; AXIAL SECTIONS; CALCULATED SENSITIVITIES; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY; CORONAL IMAGES; CORONAL SECTIONS; CT COLONOGRAPHY; DATA EVALUATIONS; DETECTION RATES; ENDOLUMINAL; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MULTIDETECTOR-ROW CT; PHANTOM STUDIES; POLYP DETECTIONS; RADIOLOGIC PHANTOM; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; READER VARIABILITIES; READING TECHNIQUES; ROC ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPIES; WATER PHANTOMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63949086587     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.11.040     Document Type: Article

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