A comparison of follow-up recommendations by chest radiologists, general radiologists, and pulmonologists using computer-aided detection to assess radiographs for actionable pulmonary nodules

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Meziane, Moulay ^a   Obuchowski, Nancy A ^a   Lababede, Omar ^a   Lieber, Michael L ^a   Philips, Michael ^a   Mazzone, Peter ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiographs; Chest radiography; Chest x rays; Computer aided detection; Lung cancer; Observer performance study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION;

AGED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 79959587512     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5048     Document Type: Article

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