Semi-automatic quantification of subsolid pulmonary nodules: Comparison with manual measurements

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Scholten, Ernst Th ^a,b   De Hoop, Bartjan ^a   Jacobs, Colin ^c,d   Van Amelsvoort Van De Vorst, Saskia ^a   Van Klaveren, Rob J ^e   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^f   Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn ^f   De Koning, Harry J ^g   Van Der Aalst, Carlijn M ^g   Mali, Willem Th M ^a   Gietema, Hester A ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^c   Van Ginneken, Bram ^c,d   De Jong, Pim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Kennemer Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

^e Lievensberg Hospital   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUTOMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84894295643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080249     Document Type: Article

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