Doubling time calculations for lung cancer by three-dimensional computer-aided volumetry: Effects of inter-observer differences and nodule characteristics

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-88

  Koike, Wataru ^a,b   Iwano, Shingo ^a   Matsuo, Keiji ^c   Kitano, Mariko ^a   Kawakami, Kenichi ^a   Naganawa, Shinji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU PREFECTURAL TAJIMI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Ichinomiya Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

computer tomography; computer aided diagnosis; doubling time; lung cancer; volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84894284026     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.12128     Document Type: Article

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