Pulmonary nodule characterization, including computer analysis and quantitative features

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 139-156

  Bartholmai, Brian J ^a   Koo, Chi Wan ^b   Johnson, Geoffrey B ^a   White, Darin B ^a   Raghunath, Sushravya M ^b   Rajagopalan, Srinivasan ^a   Moynagh, Michael R ^a   Lindell, Rebecca M ^a   Hartman, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Departments of WImmunology   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuation; computed tomography; computer Aided diagnosis; lung cancer; margin; pulmonary nodules; quantitative imaging; screening; shape; size

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ATTENUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; MULTIPLE PULMONARY NODULES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84924145865     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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