Differentiation of urinary stone and vascular calcifications on non-contrast CT images: An initial experience using computer aided diagnosis

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-276

  Lee, Hak Jong ^a,b,c   Kim, Kwang Gi ^d   Hwang, Sung Il ^a,b,c   Kim, Seung Hyup ^a   Byun, Seok Soo ^b   Lee, Sang Eun ^b   Hong, Seong Kyu ^b   Cho, Jeong Yeon ^a   Seong, Chang Gyu ^e  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; CT; Ureter stone

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE ROC CURVE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVEX HULL; CT IMAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENCE HISTOGRAMS; EDGE DENSITIES; GRAY LEVEL CO-OCCURRENCE MATRIX; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; SHAPE FACTOR; SHAPE PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; TEXTURE FEATURES; URINARY STONES; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEXTURES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CALCINOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77952240319     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-009-9181-0     Document Type: Article

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