Computer-aided volumetry of pulmonary nodules exhibiting ground-glass opacity at MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 398-406

  Oda, Seitaro ^a   Awai, Kazuo ^a   Murao, Kohei ^b   Ozawa, Akio ^b   Yanaga, Yumi ^a   Kawanaka, Koichi ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Ground glass opacity; High resolution CT; Pulmonary nodules; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GROUND GLASS OPACITY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76149092829     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2583     Document Type: Article

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