Measurement accuracy and reproducibility of semiautomated metric and volumetric lymph node analysis in MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 979-985

  Buerke, Boris ^a   Puesken, Michael ^a   Müter, Stephan ^a   Weckesser, Matthias ^a   Gerss, Joachim ^a   Heindel, Walter ^a   Wessling, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes; Reproducibility; Segmentation; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ABDOMINAL LYMPH NODE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LUNG HILUS LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; VOLUMETRY; WHOLE BODY CT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77958562245     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4010     Document Type: Article

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