Comparison of dual-energy subtraction and electronic bone suppression combined with computer-aided detection on chest radiographs: Effect on human observers' performance in nodule detection

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1006-1013

  Szucs Farkas, Zsolt ^a,b   Schick, Alexander ^b   Cullmann, Jennifer L ^a   Ebner, Lukas ^a   Megyeri, Boglarka ^c   Vock, Peter ^a   Christe, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Radiology   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bone suppression; Chest radiography; Computer aided detection; Dual energy subtraction; Pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

IOBITRIDOL; IOMEPROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUAL ENERGY SUBTRACTION RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC BONE SUPPRESSION IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; IMAGING SOFTWARE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG CANCER; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SWITZERLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879299885     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8877     Document Type: Article

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