Three-dimensional analysis of pulmonary nodules: Variability of semiautomated volume measurements between different versions of the same software

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 403-412

  Rinaldi, M F ^a,b   Bartalena, T ^b,e   Braccaioli, L ^a   Sverzellati, N ^c   Mattioli, S ^b   Rimondi, E ^d   Rossi, G ^d   Zompatori, M ^a   Battista, G ^a   Canini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e UO di Radiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D volumetry; Multidetector CT; Pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953233890     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-010-0511-6     Document Type: Article

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