Enhanced CT images by the wavelet transform improving diagnostic accuracy of chest nodules

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-49

  Guo, Xiuhua ^a   Liu, Xiangye ^a   Wang, Huan ^a   Liang, Zhigang ^b   Wu, Wei ^a   He, Qian ^c   Li, Kuncheng ^b   Wang, Wei ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

chest nodules; enhanced CT; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE ROC CURVE; CHEST NODULES; CT IMAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENHANCED CT; KRUSKAL; MANN-WHITNEY; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 79751529886     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-009-9248-y     Document Type: Article

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