Comparison of chest radiography, chest digital tomosynthesis and low dose MDCT to detect small ground-glass opacity nodules: an anthropomorphic chest phantom study

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3269-3276

  Doo, Kyung Won ^a   Kang, Eun Young ^a   Yong, Hwan Seok ^a   Ham, Soo Youn ^b   Lee, Ki Yeol ^c   Choo, Ji Yung ^c  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Digital tomosynthesis; Pulmonary nodule; Radiography; Thoracic imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; FREE RESPONSE RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; GROUND GLASS OPACITY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING PHANTOM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW DOSE MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG NODULE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HUMANS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84911805659     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3376-6     Document Type: Article

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