Pediatric MDCT. Towards Assessing the Diagnostic Influence of Dose Reduction on the Detection of Small Lung Nodules

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 872-880

  Li, Xiang ^a   Samei, Ehsan ^a   DeLong, David M ^a   Jones, Robert P ^a   Gaca, Ana Maria ^a   Hollingsworth, Caroline L ^a   Maxfield, Charles M ^a   Colsher, James G ^a   Frush, Donald P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dose reduction; MDCT; nodule simulation; noise simulation; observer study; Pediatric; receiver operating characteristic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG NODULE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66649108047     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.01.028     Document Type: Article

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