Computer-assisted quantification of interstitial lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis: Preliminary technical validation

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 278-283

  Marten, K ^a   Dicken, V ^c   Kneitz, C ^b   Hoehmann, M ^b   Kenn, W ^b   Hahn, D ^b   Engelke, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collagen vascular disorders; Computer aided diagnosis; Interstitial lung disease

Indexed keywords

3D SYSTEMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED; CT SCAN; HUMAN OBSERVERS; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; PROTOTYPE SOFTWARE; PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEGMENTATION THRESHOLD; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; THIN-SECTION CT; VARIABLE THRESHOLDS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HEALTH; PULMONARY DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SETTLING TANKS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 71849095053     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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