Effect of slice thickness on detectability in breast CT using a prewhitened matched filter and simulated mass lesions

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1818-1830

  Packard, Nathan J ^a   Abbey, Craig K ^b   Yang, Kai ^c   Boone, John M ^c,d  

^a CARESTREAM HEALTH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

breast CT; lesion detectability; observer performance; prewhitened matched filter

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATCHED FILTERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCANNING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

AREA UNDER THE ROC CURVE; AVERAGE CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; BREAST CT; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; LESION DETECTABILITY; OBSERVER PERFORMANCE; PRE-WHITENED MATCHED FILTERS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861630482     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3692176     Document Type: Article

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