Dual energy subtraction digital radiography improves performance of a next generation computer-aided detection program

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-47

  Balkman, Jason D ^a   Mehandru, Sonali ^a   DuPont, Elena ^a   Novak, Ronald D ^a   Gilkeson, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection; Digital radiography; Dual energy subtraction; Pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY SUBTRACTION DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77149124587     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181aa34ed     Document Type: Article

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