Sensitivity and accuracy of volumetry of pulmonary nodules on low-dose 16- and 64-row multi-detector CT: An anthropomorphic phantom study

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-147

  Xie, Xueqian ^a   Zhao, Yingru ^a   Snijder, Roland A ^a   Van Ooijen, Peter M A ^a   De Jong, Pim A ^b   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a   De Bock, Geertruida H ^a   Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn ^a   Greuter, Marcel J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Imaging; Lung neoplasms; Mass screening; Phantoms; Pulmonary nodule; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG NODULE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY;

HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871267369     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2570-7     Document Type: Article

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