Bone suppression increases the visibility of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in chest radiographs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Schalekamp, Steven ^a   Van Ginneken, Bram ^a   Van Den Berk, Inge A H ^c   Hartmann, Ieneke J C ^d   Snoeren, Miranda M ^a   Odink, Arlette E ^e   Van Lankeren, Winnifred ^e   Pegge, Sjoert A H ^b   Schijf, Laura J ^c   Karssemeijer, Nico ^a   Schaefer Prokop, Cornelia M ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Maasstad Hospital   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BONE SUPPRESSION IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953342390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108551     Document Type: Article

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