Investigation of lung nodule detectability in low-dose 320-slice computed tomography

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1700-1710

  Silverman, J D ^a   Paul, N S ^b   Siewerdsen, J H ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chest CT; Detectability; Low dose CT; Lung cancer screening; Lung nodule surveillance; MAFC; Observer performance; Reconstruction filter; Volumetric CT

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETRY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MONITORING; PHANTOMS;

CHEST CT; DETECTABILITY; LOW-DOSE CT; LUNG CANCER SCREENING; LUNG NODULE; MAFC; OBSERVER PERFORMANCE; RECONSTRUCTION FILTERS; VOLUMETRIC CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FILTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG NODULE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; SCREENING; SIMULATION;

EID: 65449137524     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3112363     Document Type: Article

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