Sensitivity of CT colonography for nonpolypoid colorectal lesions interpreted by human readers and with computer-aided detection

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-78

  Seong, Ho Park ^a,d   So, Yeon Kim ^a,b   Seung, Soo Lee ^a   Bogoni, Luca ^c   Ah, Young Kim ^a   Yang, Suk Kyun ^a   Myung, Seung Jae ^a   Byeon, Jeong Sik ^a   Byong, Duk Ye ^a   Hyun, Kwon Ha ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Infinitt   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CAD; Computer aided detection; CT colonography; Flat lesion; Nonpolypoid lesion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE; LAXATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650487453     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2234     Document Type: Article

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