Chest CT: Automated Nodule Detection and Assessment of Change over Time—Preliminary Experience
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 218 (1) , 267-273
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.218.1.r01ja39267
Abstract
The authors developed a computer system that automatically identifies nodules at chest computed tomography, quantifies their diameter, and assesses for change in size at follow-up. The automated nodule detection system identified 318 (86%) of 370 nodules in 16 studies (eight initial and eight follow-up studies) obtained in eight oncology patients with known nodules. Assessment of change in nodule size by the computer matched that by the thoracic radiologist (Spearman rank correlation coefficient, 0.932).Keywords
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