Comparison between chest digital tomosynthesis and CT as a screening method to detect artificial pulmonary nodules: A phantom study

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1017, 2012, Pages

  Gomi, Tsutomu ^a   Nakajima, M ^b   Fujiwara, H ^b   Takeda, T ^a   Saito, K ^a   Umeda, T ^a   Sakaguchi, K ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL PULMONARY NODULE; CHEST DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG NODULE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE;

EID: 84866127866     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/12643098     Document Type: Article

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