Improving the accuracy of CTC interpretation: computer-aided detection

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-257

  Summers, Ronald M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic polyps; Computer aided detection; CT colonography; Observer performance

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77952572733     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2010.02.004     Document Type: Review

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