Variability of semiautomated lung nodule volumetry on ultralow-dose ct: Comparison with nodule volumetry on standard-dose CT

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-17

  Hein, Patrick A ^a   Romano, Valentina C ^a   Rogalla, Patrik ^a   Klessen, Christian ^a   Lembcke, Alexander ^a   Bornemann, Lars ^b   Dicken, Volker ^b   Hamm, Bernd ^a   Bauknecht, Hans Christian ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest CT; Computer aided diagnosis (CAD); Lung neoplasms; Radiation dose; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BREMEN , GERMANY; CHEST CT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CT DATA; DATA SETS; DOSE LEVELS; DOSE REDUCTION; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; LUNG NODULE; MEAN DIAMETER; PULMONARY NODULES; RADIATION DOSE; SEMI-AUTOMATED; SEMI-AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; SLICE THICKNESS; VOLUMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); DOSIMETRY; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; STANDARDS; TITRATION; TUMORS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75749133314     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-008-9157-5     Document Type: Article

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