Stand-alone performance of a computer-assisted detection prototype for detection of acute pulmonary embolism: A multi-institutional comparison

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1014, 2012, Pages 758-764

  Wittenberg, Rianne ^a,b   Peters, J F ^c   Weber, M ^d   Lely, R J ^e   Cobben, L P J ^f   Prokop, M ^a,g   Schaefer Prokop, C M ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

64 SLICE SCANNER; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DETECTION ALGORITHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861897522     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/26769569     Document Type: Article

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