Lung nodules: Improved detection with software that suppresses the rib and clavicle on chest radiographs

Radiology

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 265-273

  Freedman, Matthew Thomas ^a   Lo, Shih Chung Benedict ^b   Seibel, John C ^c   Bromley, Christina M ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BioStat Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLAVICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RIB; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE;

EID: 79959562910     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11100153     Document Type: Article

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