Computer-aided stenosis detection at coronary CT angiography: effect on performance of readers with different experience levels

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 694-702

  Thilo, Christian ^a,b   Gebregziabher, Mulugeta ^c   Meinel, Felix G ^a,d   Goldenberg, Roman ^e   Nance, John W ^a   Arnoldi, Elisabeth M ^a,d   Soma, Lashonda D ^a   Ebersberger, Ullrich ^a   Blanke, Philip ^a   Coursey, Richard L ^a   Rosenblum, Michael A ^a   Zwerner, Peter L ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Rcadia Medical Imaging   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Computer aided diagnosis; Coronary CT angiography; Diagnostic performance; Experience

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARDS;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84922806515     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3460-y     Document Type: Article

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