Comparison of Chest Dual-energy Subtraction Digital Tomosynthesis Imaging and Dual-energy Subtraction Radiography to Detect Simulated Pulmonary Nodules with and without Calcifications. A Phantom Study

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-196

  Gomi, Tsutomu ^a   Nakajima, Masahiro ^b   Fujiwara, Hiroki ^b   Umeda, Tokuo ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dual energy subtraction; Pulmonary nodules; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUAL ENERGY SUBTRACTION DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY SUBTRACTION RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG NODULE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78651104420     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.09.021     Document Type: Article

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