Utility of an open-source DICOM viewer software (OsiriX) to assess pulmonary fibrosis in systemic sclerosis: Preliminary results

Rheumatology International

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 511-516

  Ariani, Alarico ^a   Carotti, Marina ^b   Gutierrez, Marwin ^a   Bichisecchi, Elisabetta ^b   Grassi, Walter ^a   Giuseppetti, Gian Marco ^b   Salaffi, Fausto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

DICOM; HRCT; kurtosis; OsiriX; Pulmonary fibrosis; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; KURTOSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LUNG; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84897050578     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-013-2845-6     Document Type: Article

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