Impact of reconstruction algorithms on CT radiomic features of pulmonary tumors: Analysis of intra- and inter-reader variability and inter-reconstruction algorithm variability

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Kim, Hyungjin ^a   Park, Chang Min ^a   Lee, Myunghee ^a   Park, Sang Joon ^a   Song, Yong Sub ^a   Lee, Jong Hyuk ^a   Hwang, Eui Jin ^a   Goo, Jin Mo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; AGED; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84991764347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164924     Document Type: Article

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