Comparison of sensitivity of lung nodule detection between radiologists and technologists on low-dose CT lung cancer screening images

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1017, 2012, Pages

  Kakinuma, Ryutaro ^a   Ashizawa, K ^b   Kobayashi, T ^c   Fukushima, A ^d   Hayashi, H ^d   Kondo, T ^e   Machida, M ^f   Matsusako, M ^g   Minami, K ^h   Oikado, K ^g   Okuda, M ⁱ   Takamatsu, S ⁱ   Sugawara, M ^j   Gomi, S ^a   Muramatsu, Y ^a,k   Hanai, K ^l   Kaneko, M ^m   Tsuchiya, R ⁿ   Moriyama, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Isahaya Insurance General Hospital   (Japan)

^e KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^f DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h Nagasaki Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j AKITA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^m Tokyo Association of Health Service   (Japan)

ⁿ CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY CENTER   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SLICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866072240     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/75768386     Document Type: Article

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