Imprecision in automated volume measurements of pulmonary nodules and its effect on the level of uncertainty in volume doubling time estimation

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1580-1587

  Nietert, Paul J ^a   Ravenel, James G ^b   Leue, William M ^c   Miller, James V ^c   Taylor, Katherine K ^b   Garrett Mayer, Elizabeth S ^a   Silvestri, Gerard A ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; CT scan; Diagnostic imaging; Lung neoplasm; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LUNG NODULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 66649123262     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2040     Document Type: Article

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