Benefit of computer-aided detection analysis for the detection of subsolid and solid lung nodules on thin- and thick-section CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-83

  Godoy, Myrna C B ^a,b   Kim, Tae Jung ^c   White, Charles S ^d   Bogoni, Luca ^e   De Groot, Patricia ^a,b   Florin, Charles ^b,e   Obuchowski, Nancy ^f   Babb, James S ^a   Salganicoff, Marcos ^e   Naidich, David P ^a   Anand, Vikram ^e   Park, Sangmin ^e   Vlahos, Ioannis ^g   Ko, Jane P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Siemens Healthcare ^*  (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection; CT; Ground glass nodule; Lung nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GROUND GLASS OPACITY LUNG NODULE; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID LUNG NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871863453     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7532     Document Type: Article

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